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Born August 29, 1708 • Sweden
Died August 12, 1763 (aged 54) • Stockholm • Sweden

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Dalin
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Artur Lundkvist
Swedish writer and critic
Kellgren
Johan Henrik Kellgren
Swedish poet
Geijer, detail of an oil painting by J.G. Sandberg, 1828; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Erik Gustaf Geijer
Swedish author
Lenngren, Anna Maria
Anna Maria Lenngren
Swedish poet
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Gustaf Fredrik, Count Gyllenborg
Swedish poet
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg
Scandinavian author
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
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Karl Kraus
Austrian writer
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Robert McAlmon
American author
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John Lehmann
British poet
Alecsandri, Vasile
Vasile Alecsandri
Romanian author
August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Swedish dramatist
Tranströmer, Tomas
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet
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Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish author
Bellman, detail of an oil painting by P. Krafft, 1779; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Carl Michael Bellman
Swedish poet and musician
Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Swedish author
Fröding, Gustaf
Gustaf Fröding
Swedish poet
Stiernhielm
Georg Stiernhielm
Swedish writer

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