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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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Pirandello, Luigi
1867 - 1936
Luigi Pirandello was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century and a central figure in Italian letters...
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Gide, André
1869 - 1951
The French novelist, poet and playwright was born into a wealthy, strictly protestant bourgeois Paris family. His father, a...
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Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
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Boccaccio, Giovanni
1313 - 1375
Italian Renaissance author. His place of birth is uncertain; he was either born in Paris or Florence as the illegitimate...
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