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It is 65 years today since Viveca Sten was born.
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago where her family has owned a house since 1917 when her great grandparents acquired the Lagerta family estate from the son of the master pilot. She read and wrote from an early age, she edited the school magazine and at university she contributed to the law students’ m...
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It is 162 years today since Carolyn Wells was born.
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1900s. She was a successful editor of anthologies and a respected poet, and she also wrote copy for a few comic strips. Her popularity endures; her children’s and young adult stories as well as her poetry collections are still in print.
Her mystery stories are more uneven, how...
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![Författarporträtt av Mayakovsky, Vladimir](images/writer/1111/1111_20130120204810.jpg)
Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930
Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lövestam, Sara](images/writer/5996/wm_BR_615b1005bcb0aa28da3776feb3d84390884ca99c3cfdb.jpg)
Lövestam, Sara
1980 -
The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...
Further reading![Portrait image of George Saunders](images/writer/6836/651ab3d5d3fad9287b2ba042adffa3bb42152e8bf96c9.jpg)
Saunders, George
1958 -
George Saunders is primarily an author of short stories. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up in Chicago. When he...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Heyer, Georgette](images/writer/5544/5544.jpg)
Heyer, Georgette
1902 - 1974
Georgette Heyer was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, to a wealthy family. She befriended Joanna Cannan and Carola Oman while she...
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