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It is 141 years today since Hjalmar Bergman was born.
Hjalmar Bergman was born in Örebro as the son of a bank manager, Claes Bergman, and his wife Fredrique, born Elgérus. As a little boy, he played mainly with his two older sisters, Elna and Ester, and he was very attached to his mother. His childhood was characterized by isolation and fear, which means that he created and developed a fantasy world, a safe place of refuge, already as a child. D...

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It is 113 years today since William Golding was born.
The English author William Golding was born at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. His father was a teacher, a political radical and interested in natural science; his mother was active in the women's suffrage movement. William was first educated at Marlborough Grammar School, which was where his father taught, and he later went on to read natural sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford. After two years...

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It is 72 years today since Laurie R. King was born.
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the state and lived in, among other places, Santa Cruz and San Jose before settling down in Tacoma on the outskirts of Washington in 1961. The parents separated, the mother moved to Saratoga in California and for several years, Laurie R. (Richardson) King shuttled between...

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It is 102 years today since Pierre Magnan was born.
The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated, deprived rural part of Provence where old customs still prevail. He left school at the age of twelve and became a printer’s apprentice. It was around this time that he met the famous pacifist Jean Giono, who became his mentor and who introduced him to the world of l...

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It is 116 years today since Mika Waltari was born.
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are classics, probably best-known is the historical novel Sinuhe the Egyptian (1945, Sinuhe, egyptiläinen). He was also a poet and playwright, and he wrote crime stories, non-fiction, short stories, travel writing, and for a period comic strips. His books have been translated ...

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Anniversaries - September 19, 2024

It is 141 years today since Hjalmar Bergman was born.

Hjalmar Bergman was born in Örebro as the son of a bank manager, Claes Bergman, and his wife Fredrique, born Elgérus. As a little boy, he played mainly with his two older sisters, Elna and Ester, and he was very attached to his mother. His childhood was characterized by isolation and fear, which means that he created and developed a fantasy world, a safe place of refuge, already as a child. D...

Further reading

It is 113 years today since William Golding was born.

The English author William Golding was born at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. His father was a teacher, a political radical and interested in natural science; his mother was active in the women's suffrage movement. William was first educated at Marlborough Grammar School, which was where his father taught, and he later went on to read natural sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford. After two years...

Further reading

It is 72 years today since Laurie R. King was born.

American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the state and lived in, among other places, Santa Cruz and San Jose before settling down in Tacoma on the outskirts of Washington in 1961. The parents separated, the mother moved to Saratoga in California and for several years, Laurie R. (Richardson) King shuttled between...

Further reading

It is 102 years today since Pierre Magnan was born.

The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated, deprived rural part of Provence where old customs still prevail. He left school at the age of twelve and became a printer’s apprentice. It was around this time that he met the famous pacifist Jean Giono, who became his mentor and who introduced him to the world of l...

Further reading

It is 116 years today since Mika Waltari was born.

The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are classics, probably best-known is the historical novel Sinuhe the Egyptian (1945, Sinuhe, egyptiläinen). He was also a poet and playwright, and he wrote crime stories, non-fiction, short stories, travel writing, and for a period comic strips. His books have been translated ...

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