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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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Författarporträtt av Neruda, Pablo

Neruda, Pablo
1904 - 1973

The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was born as Ricardo Neftalí Reyes Basualto in the town of Parral some four hundred kilometres ...

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Portrait of Wislawa Szymborska

Szymborska, Wislawa
1923 - 2012

The poet, essayist and translator Maria Wislawa Anna Szymborska was born in Prowent, near Bnin, now part of Kórnik, Poland. ...

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Portrait of Aharon Appelfeld

Appelfeld, Aharon
1932 - 2018

The Jewish author Aharon Appelfeld is widely known in Israel and his books have been translated into many languages. He was...

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Författarporträtt av Collins, Wilkie

Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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