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Nesser, Håkan
Håkan Nesser was born in Elvesta Gård (manor) on the outskirts of Kumla. His father was a farmer, as were his family since the 1600s. His mother was an office worker. In 1953, the family moved to Kumla, where the son went to Haga School and the local Junior Secondary School in Kumla, after which he started at Allé School in Hallsberg from which he graduated in 1968. In his youth, his great in...
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Brev som litteratur
By: Margareta Melén
”Brevet som genre kan bara definieras genom sin obestämbarhet på gränsen mellan privat och offentligt, verklighet och fiktion. Är då alla brev litteratur? Svaret inställer sig lättare om man i stället frågar sig: vad får oss att uppfatta en text som litteratur? Det handlar inte om autentiska eller fiktiva texter, om de är avsedda för publikation eller inte, utan om texternas komplexitet. --- ”