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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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Retif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé
1734 - 1806
Nicolas-Edmé Retif (or Restif) de la Bretonne was a French author born in the village of Sacy near Auxerre, the capital of ...
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Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
1874 - 1929
The Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna. His father was a bank manager. As a young man, von...
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Westlake, Donald E.
1933 - 2008
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American author of Irish descent born in Brooklyn, New York. As a small boy, he moved with his...
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