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If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.

Astrid Lindgren

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Astrid Lindgren
Age: 94 †
Born: 1907
Born: November 14
Died: 2002
Died: January 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren
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