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Portrait image of Hannah Kent Photo: Guillem Lopez / TT (2013)

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Kent, Hannah

The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister, she spent a lot of time out in nature among oaks and rubber trees. This interest in nature is mirrored in her novels, in which she likes to "transform the qualities of nature into prose". She is one of those children who decide to become an author at an early age. She made...

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Indisk litteratur

By: Tomas Löfström

”Den indiska litteraturen sträcker sig långt tillbaka i tiden. De äldsta Vedaskrifterna, däribland Rigveda med sin kända skapelseberättelse, uppkom troligen redan kring år 1500 f Kr. Men till en början traderades dessa mestadels religiösa urkunder bara muntligt, och det dröjde många hundra år innan de började skrivas ner på sanskrit. --- ”

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