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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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Solstad, Dag
1941 -
The Norwegian author Dag Solstad was born in Sandefjord. After finishing school he worked for a year as a journalist on a...
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Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel
1939 - 2003
Spanish author, journalist, essayist and poet. Vázquez Montalbán was born in Barcelona the same year as General Franco came o...
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Cummings, E.E.
1894 - 1962
The American author and artist Edward Estlin Cummings grew up in a wealthy, educated, Christian home. His father taught at...
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Brown, Fredric
1906 - 1972
Fredric William Brown was an American author of mainly mystery and science fiction. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...
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