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  • It is 113 years today since Max Frisch was born.

    The Swiss author Max Frisch was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His father was an architect. Frisch dreamed of becoming an author from an early age, and in the early 1930s he began to read German literature and linguistics at the University of Zurich. Although disenchanted with university, he became influenced by prominent teachers such as Walter Muschg.
    When his father suddenly died in 1932,...

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Författarporträtt av Andersson, Lena

Andersson, Lena
1970 -

Swedish author, journalist and playwright who grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta in a family belonging to what she...

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Författarporträtt av Murray, Les

Murray, Les
1938 - 2019

The Australian poet Les Murray was born as Leslie Allan Murray in Nabiac on the River Manning in New South Wales to a...

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Författarporträtt av Moran, Caitlin

Moran, Caitlin
1975 -

Catherine Elisabeth Moran is a British columnist, critic, novelist and stand-up comedian born in Wolverhampton, the oldest...

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Författarporträtt av Bely, Andrei

Bely, Andrei
1880 - 1934

The Russian novelist, poet and critic Andrei (or Andrey) Bely was born in Moscow as Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev. His father...

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