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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 Miguel Angel Asturias

Asturias, Miguel Angel
1899 - 1974

Miguel Angel Asturias was born in Guatemala City and grew up in the countryside. His father was a lawyer and his mother a...

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Författarporträtt av Hanshew, T.W.

Hanshew, T.W.
1857 - 1914

An American author, journalist and actor, born in Brooklyn, New York. Not much is known about his private life and early...

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Författarporträtt av Karlfeldt, Erik Axel

Karlfeldt, Erik Axel
1864 - 1931

The Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt was born as Erik Axel Eriksson in the village of Karlbo in the province of Dalarna....

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Författarporträtt av Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat

Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat
1689 - 1755

French man of letters and political philosopher; after Voltaire the most important cultural influence in France and in...

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