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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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Colette, Gabrielle
1873 - 1954
French author, born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye in Bourgogne. Her real name was Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, but as an author...
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García Márquez, Gabriel
1927 - 2014
Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, a small town in the tropical parts of northern Colombia. Here he mainly grew u...
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Becker, Jurek
1937 - 1997
The German author Jurek Becker was born as Jerzy Bekker in Lódz, Poland. Because all documents were destroyed in the war, ...
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Piñeiro, Claudia
1960 -
Argentinian author born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires. Claudia Piñeiro started reading social sciences, but she switched to ...
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