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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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Le Queux, William
1864 - 1927
One of the most remarkable, and most productive, British authors in the early 20th century was William Le Queux who wrote...
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Reichs, Kathy
1948 -
Kathleen Joan Reichs, better known as Kathy Reichs, is a prominent anthropologist and professor at the Department of...
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Wright, Willard Huntington
1888 - 1939
Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied...
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Le Carré, John
1931 - 2020
Born David John Moore Cornwell in Poole, county of Dorset, England, John le Carré grew up in a troubled home. While his ...
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