Marcus Adriano Birro (born 15 June 1972 in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

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) is a Swedish-Italian (Italian citizen) poet, author and columnist and former frontman of cult punk band The

Christer Pettersson Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but ...

s. Birro blogged at

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and was a presenter on at

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Östergötland, where he was the host of ''Karlavagnen'' on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author

Peter Birro Peter Birro (born 19 July 1966 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish script writer, poet and musician. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Birro was an obscure poet who performed with the almost equally obscure Swedish band The Christer Petterssons (named aft ...

. Marcus Birro lives in

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, is divorced from his wife of 4 years, they have two children together. In 2015, Birro told the press about his ongoing relationship with a married woman, Micaela Kinnunen, wife of politician

Martin Kinnunen Martin Anders Kinnunen, (born 15 May 1983) is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party. He was previously the press secretary for the party, as well as leader for the party's youth organisation the Sweden Democratic ...

, and later Kinnunen confirmed the relationship and her divorce via her Facebook page.

Bibliography

* ''Lämna mig aldrig: en roman om kärlek'' - 2017 * ''Mitt hjärta står öppet'' - 2014 * ''Evangelium enligt Marcus'' - 2014 * ''Calcio amore : drömmen'' - 2013 * ''Att leva och dö som Joe Strummer'' - 2010 * ''43 dikter'' - 2006 * ''Flyktsoda'' - 2005 * ''Krig hela tiden'' - 2005 * ''Du är Christer Pettersson du också - texts from SR, SVT and newspapers'' - 2005 * ''Diktskola - Författarens guide till galaxen'' - 2003 * ''Landet utanför'' - 2003 * ''Kalashnikov'' - 2001 * ''Alla djävulska främlingar'' - 1999 * ''Skjut dom som älskar'' - 1997 * ''Det oerhörda och I den andra världen'' - 1992

References

External links

Official site
Swedish poets Swedish male writers Swedish people of Italian descent 1972 births Living people Swedish male poets {{Sweden-writer-stub