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Also Known As Karin Maria Boye
Born October 26, 1900 • Gothenburg • Sweden
Died April 24, 1941 (aged 40) • Sweden
Notable Works “Kallocain” • “Kris”
Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish author
Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Swedish author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Stein, Gertrude
Gertrude Stein
American writer
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Sigfrid Siwertz
Swedish author
August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Swedish dramatist
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Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman
Swedish author
Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Swedish author
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Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish author
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Artur Lundkvist
Swedish writer and critic
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Per Olof Sundman
Swedish novelist
Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm
Oscar Ivar Levertin
Swedish poet and scholar
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
Swedish author
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Ivar Lo-Johansson
Swedish author
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Harry Martinson
Swedish author
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Birger Sjöberg
Swedish poet
Heidenstam
Verner von Heidenstam
Swedish author

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