Author Åke Leijonhufvud dies
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Author Åke Leijonhufvud dies

Author and literary critic Åke Leijonhufvud has died, aged 80, his family tells TT.

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Åke Leijonhufvud was born in 1945 and has written, among other things, the marriage novel "Anna and Christian" and the autobiographical account "Protected Upbringing".

In 2018, "I'm Actually a Humorist" was released, a biography of the author and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann.

Leijonhufvud was also active as a literary critic in Sydsvenskan.

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