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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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Stark, Ulf
1944 - 2017
Ulf Gottfrid Stark grew up in Stureby, Stockholm. He often based his settings and characters on his own childhood in the...
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Innes, Hammond
1913 - 1998
Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He...
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Rolland, Romain
1866 - 1944
The French author and playwright Romain Rolland was born in Clamecy, Bourgogne. The family moved to Paris, partly for the...
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Quasimodo, Salvatore
1901 - 1968
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet born in Modica, near Syracuse on Sicily. He was the second of four children. His...
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