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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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Moravia, Alberto
1907 - 1990
Alberto Pincherle Moravia was a dominating, though controversial, literary and intellectual figure in 20th century Italy....
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Nilsson, Johanna
1973 -
Johanna Nilsson was born in Uppsala and moved with her family to Borlänge when she was six years old. Her parents were ...
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Silone, Ignazio
1900 - 1978
The pseudonym of Secondo Tranquilli, an Italian author and intellectual, born in Pescina dei Marsi. Silone came from a poor...
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Burnett, W.R.
1899 - 1982
The American novelist and screenwriter William Riley Burnett was born in Springfield, Ohio, in an influential family. He...
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