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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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Robinson, Peter
1950 - 2022
Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest...
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Padgett, Abigail
1942 -
Mary Abigail Padgett is an American author of mystery novels. She was born in Vincennes, Indiana. In 1964, she graduated...
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Jacobsen, Roy
1954 -
Norwegian author born in Oslo where he grew up in a working-class suburb, but he spent his teenage years in North Norway....
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Horace
65 BCE - November 27, 08 BCE.
The Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus is not only the most quoted and the most frequently translated poet of the...
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