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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 Hunter, Alan

Hunter, Alan
1922 - 2005

Alan Hunter was an English bookshop owner and author known for his many novels featuring Detective Inspector George...

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Författarporträtt av Grebe, Camilla

Grebe, Camilla
1968 -

The Swedish writer, Camilla Grebe (born Eriksson), has written a series of crime novels, both herself and in collaboration...

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Författarporträtt av Reeve, Arthur B.

Reeve, Arthur B.
1880 - 1936

Arthur Benjamin Reeve was a successful American journalist and author of mystery stories in the first decades of the 20th...

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Portrait of Jenny Erpenbeck

Erpenbeck, Jenny
1967 -

The German author and theatre director Jenny Erpenbeck grew up in central East Berlin where she still lives. Erpenbeck's...

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