What is Sven Lindqvist?
[[File:Sven Lindqvist in 2018.jpg|thumb|Lindqvist in February 2018]] '''Sven Oskar Lindqvist''' (28 March 1932 – 14 May 2019) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] author. He wrote mostly [[non-fiction]] works. Some of his noted works include ''Exterminate All the Brutes'' and ''A History of Bombing''. His writings focused on developing nations in [[Africa]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Latin America]] and [[Australia]]. During the 1960s, Lindqvist lived in China for two years. He wrote three books about China with his first wife, [[Sinology|Sinologist]] [[Cecilia Lindqvist]]. From the 1980s onward, he wrote about many topics including [[Europe]]an [[imperialism]], [[colonialism]], [[racism]], [[genocide]] and [[war]]. Lindqvist was born in [[Stockholm]]. He was married to Cecilia Lindqvist from 1956 until their divorce in 1986. He was later married to [[economist]] [[Agneta Stark]]. Lindqvist died after a long illness on 14 May 2019, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.etc.se/inrikes/forfattaren-sven-lindqvist-ar-dod-blev-87-ar|title=Författaren Sven Lindqvist är död – blev 87 år|lang=sv|date=14 May 2019|access-date=14 May 2019|website=ETC}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindqvist, Sven}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Sweden]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{Bio-stub}}