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Dahl, Kjell Ola
Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norwegian author and farmer born in Gjøvik, Oppland, north of Oslo. He grew up in Kristiansand, Oslo and Bærum, where he attended upper-secondary school until 1977. He went on to the University of Oslo, and spent some years travelling, studying and working as, among other things, a janitor, market dealer, taxi driver, teacher, dustman and waiter. During this period he g...
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Vargas, Fred
Fred Vargas is a pseudonym used by the French historian, archaeologist and crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. "Vargas" was a character played by Ava Gardener in The Barefoot Contessa; the name was first used by Audoin-Rouzeau’s twin sister Joëlle, the visual artist Jo Vargas. Their father, Philippe Audoin-Rouzeau, was a journalist and a famous figure in surrealist circles. He was very part...