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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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Rimbaud, Arthur
1854 - 1891
French author born in the industrial city of Charleville near the Belgian border. Rimbaud was the youngest son of an army...
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King, Stephen
1947 -
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...
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Lesage, Alain René
1668 - 1747
Alain-René Lesage was a French playwright and novelist born in Bretagne. He read law in Paris and practiced briefly before ...
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Davies, Robertson
1913 - 1995
The Canadian author Roberson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario. His father, William Davies, had moved to Canada from...
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