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Cercas, Javier
The Spanish author and essayist Javier Cercas was born in Ibahernando (Cáceres), Extremadura, western Spain. His father was a country vet. When Cercas was four years old, the family moved to Girona in Catalonia where he attended a Catholic school. He spent all his summer holidays in Ibahernando and has continued to be closely attached to his place of birth.
Cercas immediate family were ...
Literary figures
Mikael Blomkvist
Gender: Male
The journalist Carl Mikael Blomkvist was born in Borlänge, but he lives in Stockholm. He was nicknamed Kalle Blomkvist (for a child detective created by Astrid Lindgren), after he solved a series of bank robberies. He is one of the main characters in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and the official sequel. Blomkvist is editor-in-chief at Millennium magazine and collaborates with his re...