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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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Okri, Ben
1959 -
Ben Okri was born into the Urhobo tribe in Minna, Nigeria, as the son of Grace and Silver Okri, but he spent his early...
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Magris, Claudio
1939 -
Italian author, translator and professor of Germanic studies born in Trieste. The cosmopolitan and dynamic city of Trieste...
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Toussaint, Jean-Philippe
1957 -
Belgian author and filmer, born in Brussels. He spent a large part of his youth in Paris, where he eventually also came to...
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Ford, Richard
1944 -
American author born in Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Parker Carrol, was a travelling salesman, which meant that the...
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