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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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Portrait of Simon Brett

Brett, Simon
1945 -

British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...

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Portrait of Iain Pears

Pears, Iain
1955 -

Iain Pears is a British author, art historian and journalist. He was born in Coventry where his father was a company...

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Portrait image of Jesper Stein

Stein, Jesper
1965 -

As a journalist, Stein was known by his full name, Jesper Stein Larsen. For his literary career, he used the shortened...

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Författarporträtt av Khadra, Yasmina

Khadra, Yasmina
1955 -

Pseudonym used by the French-Algerian author Moharmed (sometimes spelled Mohammed) Moulessehoul, born at Kenadsa in the...

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