Stieg Trenter (right) with
the photographer K.W. Gullers
Photo: Carl Erik Sundström / TT (1958)
Sample of authors
Trenter, Stieg
Stieg Ivar Trenter, born Stig Ivar Johansson, grew up in Farsta, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. His father owned a general store. Although he did well, Trenter was never happy at school, and after graduating in 1931 he tried various professions such as office boy and working in an abattoir. He wanted to become an aviator, and he joined the air force, but he soon lost interest and he left after...
Sample of authors
Stribling, T.S.
The American author T.S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling was born in the little town of Clifton in Tennessee. His father had been a military man, his mother came from Alabama where her family owned a property – during his childhood, Stribling often spent his summers there. He was educated at Huntingdon Southern Normal University in Huntingdon, Tennessee, graduating in 1899. He wanted, however, to w...