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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 Slaughter, Karin

Slaughter, Karin
1971 -

The American author Karin Slaughter was born and raised in Jonesboro, a small town near Atlanta, Georgia where her father...

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Portrait image of Steinar Bragi

Bragi, Steinar
1975 -

The Icelandic author Steinar Bragi grew up in Reykjavik. After graduation he read comparative literature and philosophy at...

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Författarporträtt av Sagan, Françoise

Sagan, Françoise
1935 - 2004

Françoise Sagan got her pseudonym as an author from Duchess Sagan in Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" (À la r...

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Författarporträtt av Byron, George Gordon

Byron, George Gordon
1788 - 1824

An English poet and also a notorious adventurer and traveler, born in London. His father, who was known as "Mad Jack", did...

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