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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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Kárason, Einar
1955 -
The Icelandic author Einar Kárason was born in Reykjavik. While studying literature at university he had various jobs at ...
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Harris, Frank
1856 - 1931
The editor, journalist and publisher Frank Harris was born in Ireland. He was a notorious womanizer who became an American...
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Boyd, William
1952 -
The British author William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana. His father, a doctor, and his mother, a teacher, moved to The...
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Matthews, John
1952 -
John Matthews is a British journalist and author. After having published two unremarkable novels in the 1980s he had an...
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