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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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Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930
Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...
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Bouraoui, Nina
1967 -
The French novelist and songwriter Nina Yasmina Bouraoui was born in Rennes as the child of an Algerian father, an...
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Philips, Judson
1903 - 1989
American author and journalist, born in Northfield, Massachusetts. Judson P. (Pentecost) Philips has primarily become known...
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Modiano, Patrick
1945 -
Reluctant to talk about himself in the beginning of his career, Patrick Modiano claimed that he was born in 1947. It has...
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