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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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Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930
Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...
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Chabon, Michael
1963 -
Jewish-American author born in Washington D.C. His father, Robert Chabon, was a paediatrician and a lawyer. His mother,...
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Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
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Seiler, Lutz
1963 -
The German poet Lutz Seiler was born in Gera, Thüringen, in the GDR. When the villages where he spent his first years were ...
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