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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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Fontane, Theodor
1819 - 1898
The German author Theodor Fontane (Henri Théodore Fontane) was born to a Huguenot family in the Brandenburg garrison town ...
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Poe, Edgar Allan
1809 - 1849
Edgar Allan Poe, born Edgar Poe, was an American author of Irish descent whose contribution to the horror, crime and...
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Vila-Matas, Enrique
1948 -
Spanish author of essays, short stories and novels born in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied law and journalism at...
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Goddard, Robert
1954 -
Robert Goddard is a popular, much-translated and lauded British thriller writer with an unusual and highly personal style....
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