Lagerkvist, Pär
1891 - 1974

Swedish author, born in Växjö as the youngest of seven siblings. His father was a railway station supervisor, and Pär La...

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Valtinos, Thanassis
1932 -

The Greek novelist and screenwriter Thanassis Valtinos was born in the village of Karatoulas, Arcadia, in the Peleponnese....

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Doolittle, Hilda
1886 - 1961

The American poet and novelist Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She had five brothers and was...

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Hagerfors, Lennart
1946 -

Olof Lennart Hagerfors' parents Maja and Sven were both missionaries in the former Belgian Congo, now the Democratic...

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