Per Olov Enquist

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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Born	September 23, 1934 • Sweden
Died	April 25, 2020 (aged 85) • Sweden
Notable Works	“Färdvägen” • “Hess” • “Kristallögat” • “Musikanternas uttåg” • “The Legionnaires” • “The Night of the Tribades”

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Swedish author

Aleksey Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy

Soviet writer

Sigfrid Siwertz

Swedish author

August Strindberg

Swedish dramatist

Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman

Swedish author

Pär Lagerkvist

Swedish author

Hjalmar Erik Fredrik Söderberg

Swedish author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Victor Hugo

French writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

James Baldwin

American author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Sylvia Plath

American author

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Alessandro Manzoni

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Romain Rolland

French writer

François Mauriac

French author

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