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It is 65 years today since Viveca Sten was born.
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago where her family has owned a house since 1917 when her great grandparents acquired the Lagerta family estate from the son of the master pilot. She read and wrote from an early age, she edited the school magazine and at university she contributed to the law students’ m...
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It is 162 years today since Carolyn Wells was born.
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1900s. She was a successful editor of anthologies and a respected poet, and she also wrote copy for a few comic strips. Her popularity endures; her children’s and young adult stories as well as her poetry collections are still in print.
Her mystery stories are more uneven, how...
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![Författarporträtt av Montale, Eugenio](images/writer/1197/1197_20131119165223.jpg)
Montale, Eugenio
1896 - 1981
The Italian poet and translator Eugenio Montale was born to a middle-class family in Genoa. He was the youngest of seven...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Borges, Jorge Luis](images/writer/219/219_20130929101120.jpg)
Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Maeterlinck, Maurice](images/writer/1105/1105_20130120200157.jpg)
Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862 - 1949
Maurice Maeterlinck was a playwright, poet and essayist born in Ghent, Belgium. His father was a successful lawyer and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Heine, Heinrich](images/writer/730/5c4998ef46d3c8d29e9651ef21d525c2c223ff49a7098.jpg)
Heine, Heinrich
1797 - 1856
German poet and publicist born as Harry Heine in Düsseldorf, Prussia. His father was a Jewish textile merchant from a ...
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