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Also Known As Ernst Ahlgren
Born March 6, 1850 • Sweden
Died July 21, 1888 (aged 38) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works “Fru Marianne” • “Pengar”
August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Swedish dramatist
Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman
Swedish author
Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Swedish author
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish author
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
Per Olof Sundman
Swedish novelist
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
Swedish author
Ivar Lo-Johansson
Swedish author
Hjalmar Erik Fredrik Söderberg
Swedish author
Karin Boye
Swedish author
Stig Dagerman
Swedish writer
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
German writer
Portrait of novelist Frances Burney
Frances Burney
British author
Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
Witold Gombrowicz
Polish author
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin
French author
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith
American writer
Tryggve Andersen
Norwegian writer
Miguel Torga
Portuguese poet and diarist