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  • It is 71 years today since Lars Saabye Christensen was born.

    Norwegian author who grew up in the Oslo suburb Skillebekk. He also lived for several years in Sortland in northern Norway, two places he keeps returning to in his books. Christensen read Norwegian, literature, history of ideas and art at university. He now lives in Oslo.
    Lars Saabye Christensen is committed to help promote new talent in Norway. Between 1986 and the early nineties, he edited...

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  • It is 77 years today since Stephen King was born.

    Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and philanderer (King has a half-sister in Brazil), went through a number of aliases before he changed his surname to King. When Stephen was two years old, his father went out to by cigarettes and never came back. Stephen grew up in poor circumstances with his mother Ruth and his adopted...

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Perry, Anne
1938 - 2023

Known for her historical crime novels, very popular in the UK and the USA, Ann Perry made her debut as a writer in 1979....

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Författarporträtt av Cortázar, Julio

Cortázar, Julio
1914 - 1984

Argentinian author, born in Brussels to Argentinian parents. His father was a diplomat. After the First World War the...

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Gilbert, Michael
1912 - 2006

Michael Francis Gilbert was a British author of mystery stories and thrillers. He was born in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, and...

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Författarporträtt av Hollinghurst, Alan

Hollinghurst, Alan
1954 -

Alan James Hollinghurst is a British author who was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and grew up in Faringdon, Berkshire,...

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