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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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Millar, Margaret
1915 - 1994
The Canadian-American author Margaret Ellis Millar, born Sturm, grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. She attended...
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Hollinghurst, Alan
1954 -
Alan James Hollinghurst is a British author who was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and grew up in Faringdon, Berkshire,...
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Puzo, Mario
1920 - 1999
Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author born in a slum known as Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan, New York. His parents were b...
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Boucher, Anthony
1911 - 1968
Anthony Boucher was a pseudonym used by William Anthony "Tony" Parker White, an American editor, critic and prominent...
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