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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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Haas, Wolf
1960 -
Wolf Haas is an Austrian linguist and advertising copywriter who has emerged over the past years as one of the most...
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King, Stephen
1947 -
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...
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Thomas, Leslie
1931 - 2014
The Welsh author Leslie Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales. He is one of the most popular British late 20th century...
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Leon, Donna
1942 -
The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her...
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