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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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Simenon, Georges
1903 - 1989
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian author. He was born to Catholic middle-class parents in Liège. Georges ...
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Griffiths, Elly
1963 -
The English author Domenica Maxted – known as a crime writer under the pseudonym Elly Griffiths – was born in London as Dom...
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Child, Lee
1954 -
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...
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Melo, Patrícia
1962 -
The Brazilian dramaturge, journalist and author Patrícia Melo is an internationally renowned member of a generation of ...
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