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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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Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
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May, Peter
1951 -
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...
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Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
1951 -
Spanish author born in Cartagena in the south-eastern part of the country. Between 1973 and 1994, Pérez-Reverte worked as a ...
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Noll, Ingrid
1935 -
The German author Ingrid Noll was born in Shanghai. Her parents had left Hessen for China where her father, a physician,...
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