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Holmén, Martin
Swedish author and teacher, was born in Eskilstuna and grew up in Krogstorp outside Sölvesborg, where he attended school. In 1993, he moved to Stockholm, and has since lived there with the exception of a couple of years as a student in Umeå. After working for a while, including in the restaurant branch, he studied at university in Stockholm and Umeå. He gained a master’s degree and subsequently wo...
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Malet, Léo
French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his paternal grandparents. He left school at an early age and started to work, among other things, in a bank and in a factory. In his spare time he sold anarchist magazines. When he was sixteen he ran off to Paris where he tried to make a living singing at a cabaret in Montmartre ...