Axel Munthe
Axel Munthe (Oskarshamn, Suecia,1857-Estocolmo, 1949) fue, con veintitrés años, el doctor en Medicina más joven de Europa, aunque debe su fama internacional a la publicación en 1929 de Historia de San Michele, traducido a más de cuarenta idiomas y del que se vendieron millones de ejemplares.
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