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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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Lindgren, Astrid
1907 - 2002
Swedish author, born and raised on the estate of Näs, just outside Vimmerby in Småland. The parents, Samuel August and H...
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Kipling, Rudyard
1865 - 1936
British author born as Joseph Rudyard Kipling in Bombay where his father was the Principal as well as the Professor of...
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Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
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Blok, Aleksandr
1880 - 1921
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