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It is 108 years today since Ulla Isaksson was born.
Ulla Isaksson was born in Stockholm as Ulla Margareta Lundberg in a family of comfortable means. She attended a secondary school for girls and read humanities in the equivalent of upper-secondary school. Her grandparents on her mother's side were members of the Mission Covenant Church, and she was active in the organisation until she was in her thirties. As a young woman she was interested in...
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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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Rendell, Ruth
1930 - 2015
The British crime writer Ruth Rendell was born in London as Ruth Barbara Graseman. Her mother was of Scandinavian origin...
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Rao, Raja
1908 - 2006
Raja Rao was one of the foremost 20th century Indian authors that wrote in English. He was less prolific than Mulk Raj...
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Byron, George Gordon
1788 - 1824
An English poet and also a notorious adventurer and traveler, born in London. His father, who was known as "Mad Jack", did...
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Toer, Pramoedya Ananta
1925 - 2006
Pramoedya Ananta Toer is Indonesia's best-known author outside Indonesia. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize and he...
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