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Hellström, Börge
Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and eventually he ended up in prison. But against all odds he managed to leave his old life behind after twenty-four years and founded the organization Criminals Return Into Society (CRIS). He was a trained therapist and worked with young people involved in crime and addiction. B...
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Kallifatides, Theodor
Theodor Kallifatides was born in the village of Molaoi in the Peloponnese in Greece. His father was an elementary school teacher and had come to Greece as a refugee from Turkey. In 1941, Molaoi was occupied by the Germans and his father – who was a socialist – was imprisoned. After his release, the family moved to Athens where Kallifatides matriculated in 1956, and then started Theatre Studies. Af...