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Nobel Prize in literature 2025 to
Krasznahorkai, László
The Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai was born in a Jewish middle-class family in Gyula, southeast Hungary, which he describes as "a rather strange, sad place, full of lonely, peculiar people". His father was a lawyer and his mother a social security administrator. Krasznahorkai deserted from military service after having been punished for insubordination, and he drifted around for a few y...
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Ekbäck, Cecilia
Cecilia Ekbäck was born in Stockholm and grew up in Hudiksvall with Sami (Lappish) roots. Her parents were from Lycksele. After studying Marketing at university, she has lived the greater part of her adult life abroad in several different countries, and worked with marketing for international companies. In 2010 she gained a master’s degree in Creative Writing in London. She now lives near Ca...
