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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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Pinter, Harold
1930 - 2008
English author, poet, playwright and actor. Harold Pinter was born in Hackney in London's East End as the only child of...
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Carrère, Emmanuel
1957 -
The French author Emmanuel Carrère was born to a middle-class family in Paris's 16th arrondissement. He is the son of Louis ...
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Chesterton, G.K.
1874 - 1936
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a British author and critic born in Kensington, London, as the oldest son of a retired estate...
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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield,...
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