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Krasznahorkai, László
The Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai was born in a Jewish middle-class family in Gyula, southeast Hungary, which he describes as "a rather strange, sad place, full of lonely, peculiar people". His father was a lawyer and his mother a social security administrator. Krasznahorkai deserted from military service after having been punished for insubordination, and he drifted around for a few y...
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Ohlsson, Kristina
The Swedish author Kristina Ohlsson was born and grew up in Kristianstad as one of six siblings. As a child she was sickly, read a lot and already during her teens became interested in foreign and security politics. After matriculation in 1998, she left her home town to study in Stockholm, Göteborg and Israel. After she graduated from university with majors in Political Science and International ...
