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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 image of Reginald Hill

Hill, Reginald
1936 - 2012

The British author Reginald Charles Hill was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, but he moved with his family to Carlisle,...

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Portrait of Mo Hayder

Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021

The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...

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Författarporträtt av Bussi, Michel

Bussi, Michel
1965 -

Michel Bussi, born in northern France, is a well-known scientist, since the 1990s a professor of Geo-politics – a s...

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Portrait of Marcello Fois

Fois, Marcello
1960 -

Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the...

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