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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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Savater, Fernando
1947 -
The Spanish philosopher and activist Fernando Savater is the author of novels, plays, essays and journalism. He was born in...
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Smith, Martin Cruz
1942 -
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...
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Hughes, Dorothy B.
1904 - 1993
The American author, journalist and critic Dorothy B. Hughes, born Dorothy Belle Flanagan, never wrote much fiction, but...
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Ebersohn, Wessel
1940 -
South African author and magazine editor who was a stubborn opponent of apartheid and was thus harassed by the authorities...
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