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  • It is 88 years today since Lars Gustafsson was born.

    The Swedish author Lars Gustafsson was born in Västerås where his father was a merchant. He passed his baccalaureate in 1955 and was awarded a Licentiate Degree from the University of Uppsala in 1961. From the 1960s onwards he was a public figure that often participated in the public debate. He was editor of the literary magazine BLM between 1962 and 1972 and book reviewer for the tabloid E...

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  • It is 67 years today since Peter Høeg was born.

    The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother taught Greek and Latin in upper-secondary school and his father was a lawyer. He attended that smart Bording free school, but was expelled in 1973 on account of his behaviour. He eventually earned his baccalaureate at the Fredriksberg upper-secondary school in 1976.
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Portrait image of Mary Lewis

Lewis, Mary
1907 - 1988

Writing as Christianna Brand, Mary Lewis, born Mary Christianna Milne, was one of Britain’s foremost crime writers and c...

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Författarporträtt av Palmer, Stuart

Palmer, Stuart
1905 - 1968

American author known for his popular mystery novels, screen- and radio plays. New editions, primarily of his Hildegard...

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Författarporträtt av Hosseini, Khaled

Hosseini, Khaled
1965 -

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, as the oldest of five children. His mother was a teacher of history and...

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Portrait of Peer Hultberg

Hultberg, Peer
1935 - 2007

The Danish author and psychoanalyst Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede and grew up in Horsens and Viborg on the island of...

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