1891–1974
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish writer
83years old at death
30,364days lived
78%of the people on this site died younger
Pär Lagerkvist was born on 23 May 1891 and died on 11 July 1974, aged 83 years and 49 days. That is 30,364 days in all.
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