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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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Mason, A.E.W.
1865 - 1948
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was a British author born in London. He attended Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford,...
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Shakespeare, William
1564 - 1616
English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon as the eldest son of the glove maker John Shakespeare and his wife...
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Feuchtwanger, Lion
1884 - 1958
The German author of prose, playwright, translator and critic Lion Jacob Arje Feuchtwanger grew up in a wealthy Jewish...
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Persson, Leif G.W.
1945 -
Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the...
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