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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 Arlidge, M.J.

Arlidge, M.J.
1974 -

The English author and TV-producer Matthew Arlidge was born in London, and grew up in Hampstead in North London, where he...

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Författarporträtt av Sundstøl, Vidar

Sundstøl, Vidar
1963 -

Vidar Sundstøl is a Norwegian author of crime fiction. He was born and raised at Vøllestad in the municipality of D...

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Författarporträtt av Matute, Ana María

Matute, Ana María
1925 - 2014

Ana María Matute was a Spanish author born in a wealthy, conservative family in Barcelona as the second of five children. ...

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Författarporträtt av Auden, Wystan Hugh

Auden, Wystan Hugh
1907 - 1973

English author born in York. His father was a doctor, and he was brought up in an intellectual, middle-class family in...

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