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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 William Trevor

Trevor, William
1928 - 2016

William Trevor Cox was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, the Republic of Ireland, as the son of a Protestant bank...

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Författarporträtt av Lovecraft, H.P.

Lovecraft, H.P.
1890 - 1937

The American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father, who was a travelling...

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Portrait image of David Foenkinos

Foenkinos, David
1974 -

David Foenkinos is a French bestselling author. Born in Paris, he studied literature and music there after which he worked...

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Portrait of Anne Mette Hancock

Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -

After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...

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