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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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Doyle, Roddy
1958 -
Irish author and screenwriter who grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland. Doyle has a Bachelor of Arts from University...
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Abbott, Megan
1971 -
The American scholar and author Megan Abbott was born in Detroit and raised there and at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She...
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Manea, Norman
1936 -
Romanian author of Jewish descent born in Suceava, Bukovina, in northern Romania. He and his family were brought to a...
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NDiaye, Marie
1967 -
The French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye was born in Pithiviers, Loiret, about fifty kilometres south of Paris. When...
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