Marcus Adriano Birro (born 15 June 1972 in

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

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

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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. 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 Writers from Gothenburg {{Sweden-writer-stub