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August Strindberg

August Strindberg

Swedish dramatist

Stieg Larsson

Swedish writer and activist

Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman

Swedish author

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell

Swedish author

Tranströmer, Tomas

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet

Viktor Rydberg

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Lagerkvist

Pär Lagerkvist

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Sara Lidman

Sara Lidman

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Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf

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Lars Gyllensten

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Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

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Bellman, detail of an oil painting by P. Krafft, 1779; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet and musician

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Swedish writer

Stiernhielm

Georg Stiernhielm

Swedish writer

Fröding, Gustaf

Gustaf Fröding

Swedish poet

Artur Lundkvist

Swedish writer and critic

Birgitta Trotzig

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Per Olof Sundman

Swedish novelist

Geijer, detail of an oil painting by J.G. Sandberg, 1828; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Erik Gustaf Geijer

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Olof von Dalin

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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