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It is 133 years today since Pär Lagerkvist was born.
Swedish author, born in Växjö as the youngest of seven siblings. His father was a railway station supervisor, and Pär Lagerkvist grew up in an apartment above the railway station restaurant. There was a strong cohesion within his family. The family was influenced by the rural environment from which it originated, and a pious and conservative Christian faith prevailed in the home. There were only t...
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Fredriksson, Marianne
1927 - 2007
Swedish author and journalist, born in Gothenburg but moved with her family to Roslagen as an adult. In 1962-74 Marianne...
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Walker, Mary Willis
1942 - 2023
American crime-fiction writer, born as Mary Willis is the little town of Fox Point, Milwaukee, in Wisconsin. She attended...
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Valéry, Paul
1871 - 1945
French author born and grown up in the southern French port of Sète, where his father was a customs officer. Through his ...
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Starrett, Vincent
1886 - 1974
American Vincent Starrett was what in English is known as a ‘bookman’. He devoted his life and his professional activities to...
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