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  • It is 88 years today since Lars Gustafsson was born.

    The Swedish author Lars Gustafsson was born in Västerås where his father was a merchant. He passed his baccalaureate in 1955 and was awarded a Licentiate Degree from the University of Uppsala in 1961. From the 1960s onwards he was a public figure that often participated in the public debate. He was editor of the literary magazine BLM between 1962 and 1972 and book reviewer for the tabloid E...

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  • It is 67 years today since Peter Høeg was born.

    The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother taught Greek and Latin in upper-secondary school and his father was a lawyer. He attended that smart Bording free school, but was expelled in 1973 on account of his behaviour. He eventually earned his baccalaureate at the Fredriksberg upper-secondary school in 1976.
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Författarporträtt av Barker, Pat

Barker, Pat
1943 -

The novelist Pat (Patricia) Barker was born in a working-class home in Thornaby-on-Tees, northeast England. Her father's...

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Portrait image of Guillaume Musso

Musso, Guillaume
1974 -

Frenchman who has written a number of thrillers which have been translated into many languages, and who is said to be the...

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Författarporträtt av Dangarembga, Tsitsi

Dangarembga, Tsitsi
1959 -

Author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe. Because Dangarembga spent her...

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Författarporträtt av Lesage, Alain René

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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