Name Nils-Olof Franzen Role Author | Died 1997, Stockholm, Sweden | |
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Books Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves | ||
Nils Olof Franzén was a Swedish author who wrote the Agaton Sax series. He was born 23 August 1916, in Oxelösund. He died on 24 February 1997, at age 81. Franzén had a wife and three children. His son Bo is still alive, along with two sisters (Kee and unknown). His literary estate is represented by ALIS.
He was director of programmes for Swedish Radio from 1956 to 1973, and also wrote a number of biographies.
The first of his eleven Agaton Sax books, Agaton Sax klipper till, was published in 1955. According to a description inside Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles, Franzén originally wrote the stories for his son.
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