Enquist, Per Olov
1934 - 2020

Swedish author, born and raised in a nonconformist environment at Hjoggböle, Bureå, Västerbotten. His father died early, an...

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Fredriksson, Marianne
1927 - 2007

Swedish author and journalist, born in Gothenburg but moved with her family to Roslagen as an adult. In 1962-74 Marianne...

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Berger, John
1926 - 2017

The English author and artist John Berger was born in a middle-class home in Stoke Newington, London. His father, S.J.D....

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Mutis, Álvaro
1923 - 2013

Álvaro Mutis was born in Bogotà, Colombia. Like many other Latin American authors he comes from a multicultural family. His f...

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