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It is 75 years today since Ingrid Hedström was born.
TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, and then moved to Avesta in nearby Dalarna when she was five years old. She is said to be one of the 1960’s so-called "welfare-state princesses", meaning that she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She completed her final exam at Avesta Grammar School in...
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Bakkeid, Heine
1974 -
Heine Bakkeid was born in Gratangen in Troms in northern Norway. He grew up there and in Kvæfjord outside Harstad. Heine ...
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Crumley, James
1939 - 2008
The American author and teacher James Arthur Crumley never reached bestseller status. However, he was instrumental in the...
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Brown, Dan
1964 -
Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and...
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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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