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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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Portrait of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
1940 -

French author, born and raised in Nice. His parents were British citizens with roots in Bretagne and in Mauritius in the...

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Författarporträtt av Russell, Bertrand

Russell, Bertrand
1872 - 1970

The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an...

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Författarporträtt av Hanshew, T.W.

Hanshew, T.W.
1857 - 1914

An American author, journalist and actor, born in Brooklyn, New York. Not much is known about his private life and early...

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Författarporträtt av Millar, Margaret

Millar, Margaret
1915 - 1994

The Canadian-American author Margaret Ellis Millar, born Sturm, grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. She attended...

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