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Portrait image of MacKinlay Kantor Photo: Bettmann / Getty Images (1956)

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Kantor, MacKinlay

The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin Kantor, a Swedish immigrant, did not stay long in any job and his marriage was a disaster. He abandoned his family when his son was born and from then on all contact with his two children ceased. Benjamin grew up with his mother, Effie McKinlay Kantor, at her parents' house...

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När litteraturen tar ton bär musiken orden - exemplet Bob Dylan

By: Michael Economou

”Mannen som kallats för "rockmusikens King Lear" har med sitt textskrivande som få andra bidragit till att pop- och rockkulturen fått en seriös framtoning och därmed också erövrat utrymme på den akademiska scenen. --- ”

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