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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 Collins, Suzanne

Collins, Suzanne
1962 -

Suzanne Collins is an American author of books for children and young adults. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her...

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Portrait image of K. Arne Blom

Blom, K. Arne
1946 - 2021

The Swedish author K. (Karl) Arne Blom was born in Nässjö where he passed his baccalaureate in 1967. Later the same year, h...

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Författarporträtt av Van Greenaway, Peter

Van Greenaway, Peter
1929 - 1988

Peter Van Greenaway was a British author of unconventional crime stories that included elements of horror and science...

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Portrait image of Max Seeck

Seeck, Max
1985 -

Max Seeck is a Finnish novelist and film producer. He lives in Esbo with his wife and two children. Seeck holds an MBA...

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