Mare Kandre (27 May 1962 – 24 March 2005) was a Swedish writer of Estonian descent. She was born , in Söderala, a small place in mid-Sweden and grew up in Gothenburg and Stockholm. Between 1967 and 1969, she lived with her family in British Columbia, Canada, a period which made a very deep impression on her and later in life influenced her writing. She died of an unintentional prescription drug overdose, aged 42. . Kandre achieved considerable acclaim in Scandinavia and her works have been translated into more than eight languages.
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