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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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Morrison, Arthur
1863 - 1945
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic...
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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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Andersson, Lena
1970 -
Swedish author, journalist and playwright who grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta in a family belonging to what she...
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Grytten, Frode
1960 -
Frode Grytten is a Norwegian author and journalist born and raised in Odda, a small industrial community in southwest...
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