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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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Wambaugh, Joseph
1937 -
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. is an American author and former detective sergeant. He is best known for his police...
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Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975
Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...
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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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Camilleri, Andrea
1925 - 2019
Italian author and theatre/film producer, born in the industrial town Porto Empedocle in Agrigento province on the south...
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