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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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Pollock, Donald Ray
1954 -
The American author Donald Ray Pollock was born and grew up in America’s backyard. In the little community called K...
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Lang, Maria
1914 - 1991
Maria Lang is the pen name of the teacher and head mistress Dagmar (Maria) Lange, one of Sweden’s most popular, but also m...
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Forbes, Colin
1923 - 2006
Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first...
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Herbert, James
1943 - 2013
James Herbert from England was one of the best-selling and most praised authors of horror fiction in the late 20th century....
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