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Also Known As	Karin Maria Boye
Born	October 26, 1900 • Gothenburg • Sweden
Died	April 24, 1941 (aged 40) • Sweden • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Notable Works	“Kallocain” • “Kris”

Pär Lagerkvist

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Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm

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Sigfrid Siwertz

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August Strindberg

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Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman

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Henning Mankell

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Viktor Rydberg

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Selma Lagerlöf

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Artur Lundkvist

Swedish writer and critic

Per Olof Sundman

Swedish novelist

Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm

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Birger Sjöberg

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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