Jesper Svenbro
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Jesper Svenbro (born 1944 in Landskrona) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy.
Svenbro was educated at Lund University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1976 for his dissertation La parole et le marbre: aux origines de la poétique grecque, on the origin of ancient Greek poetics. Other works include Phrasikleia: anthropologie de la lecture en Grèce ancienne (1988). He is director of research at Centre Louis Gernet (CRCSA) in Paris. In 2006, he was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, succeeding the poet Östen Sjöstrand in seat 8.
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- Jesper Svenbro, official presentation at Centre Louis Gernet
- "SvD:s litteraturpristagare pendlar mellan samtiden och antiken", interview in Svenska Dagbladet, 28 November 2005.
- "Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien", official press release from the Swedish Academy
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| Preceded by: Östen Sjöstrand |
Swedish Academy, Seat No.8 2006- |
Succeeded by: incumbent |
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Members of the Swedish Academy | |
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| 1. Sten Rudholm • 2. Bo Ralph • 3. Sture Allén • 4. Lars Forssell • 5. Göran Malmqvist • 6. Birgitta Trotzig • 7. Knut Ahnlund • 8. Jesper Svenbro • 9. Torgny Lindgren • 10. Peter Englund • 11. Ulf Linde • 12. Per Wästberg • 13. Gunnel Vallquist • 14. Kristina Lugn • 15. Kerstin Ekman • 16. Kjell Espmark • 17. Horace Engdahl • 18. Katarina Frostenson | ||
