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  • It is 50 years today since Jens Lapidus was born.

    Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among other things, worked for an immigrant magazine. As a result, Lapidus became aware of how more marginalised people lived from a young age. He was a trouble-maker in secondary school; had it been today, he believes he would have been diagnosed with behavioural disorder. He went...

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Portrait image of Hannah Kent

Kent, Hannah
1985 -

The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...

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Portrait image of Christoffer Carlsson

Carlsson, Christoffer
1986 -

Christoffer Carlsson grew up a rather lonely child in the small community of Skedala "in the gap between Halmstad and...

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Portrait of Gore Vidal

Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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Portrait of Giles Blunt

Blunt, Giles
1952 -

Giles Blunt is a Canadian author, born in North Bay, Ontario, to English parents. He attended Scollard Hall, a Catholic...

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