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(1927-2020) Author. Jan Myrdal was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and died in Varberg, Sweden.

Full Name

Jan Myrdal

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1927

BIRTH

Jan Myrdal was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 19, 1927.

1938

RESIDENCE

Mr. Myrdal moved with his family to New York City in 1938 and, as a youth, lived in Manhattan, New York.

1965

LITWORK

Report From A Chinese Village
Pantheon Books
0394442679 / 978-0394442679
Nonfiction.

1968

LITWORK

Confessions of a Disloyal European
Pantheon Books

Nonfiction.

1970

LITWORK

Angkor: An Essay on Art and Imperialism
Pantheon Books
0394415167 / 978-0394415161
Nonfiction written with Gun Kessle.

1976

LITWORK

Albania Defiant
Monthly Review Press
085345356X / 978-0853453567
Nonfiction by Jan Myrdal and Gun Kessle.

1984

LITWORK

Return To A Chinese Village
Pantheon Books
0394537742 / 978-0394537740
Nonfiction, sequel to "Report From A Chinese Village."

1986

LITWORK

India Waits
University of Minnesota Press
0941702073 / 978-0941702072
Nonfiction.

1991

LITWORK

Childhood
University of Minnesota Press
0941702294 / 978-0941702294
Autobiographical / novel.

2011

LITWORK

Twelve Going on Thirteen
University of Minnesota Press
1884468012 / 978-1884468018
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

Red Star Over India: As the Wretched of the Earth are Rising
Raj Publications, India
9380677200 / 978-9380677200
Nonfiction.

2019

LITWORK

A Second Reprieve


Nonfiction.

2020

DEATH

Jan Myrdal died in Varberg, Sweden, on October 30, 2020.

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