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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 Restrepo, Laura

Restrepo, Laura
1950 -

Laura Restrepo is a Latin-American journalist and author born in Bogotá, Colombia. She was the elder of two sisters who ...

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Författarporträtt av Roth, Veronica

Roth, Veronica
1988 -

Veronica Roth grew up in Barrington, Illinois, with her siblings and single artist mother. Her grandparents were Polish...

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Författarporträtt av Smirnoff, Karin

Smirnoff, Karin
1964 -

Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also w...

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Författarporträtt av Heine, Heinrich

Heine, Heinrich
1797 - 1856

German poet and publicist born as Harry Heine in Düsseldorf, Prussia. His father was a Jewish textile merchant from a ...

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