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Magnan, Pierre
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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Lönnaeus, Olle
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary school in Ystad, he did his military service in Kristianstad before moving to Lund to read law with the intention of making his services available to the most disadvantaged in society. He graduated in 1983. After having served at a district court in Malmö and working for the p...