Bo Carpelan

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Bo Carpelan (1926) is a Finnish author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who writes in Swedish, has written numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories. He is the only person as of yet who has received the Finlandia Prize twice. His poem, Winter was Hard was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen.


Recipients of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (List)

1962 - Eyvind Johnson | 1963 - Väinö Linna | 1964 - Tarjei Vesaas | 1965 - William Heinesen & - Olof Lagercrantz | 1966 - Gunnar Ekelöf | 1967 - Johan Borgen | 1968 - Per Olof Sundman | 1969 - Per Olov Enquist | 1970 - Klaus Rifbjerg | 1971 - Thorkild Hansen | 1972 - Karl Vennberg | 1973 - Veijo Meri | 1974 - Villy Sørensen | 1975 - Hannu Salama | 1976 - Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson | 1977 - Bo Carpelan | 1978 - Kjartan Fløgstad | 1979 - Ivar Lo-Johansson | 1980 - Sara Lidman | 1981 - Snorri Hjartarson | 1982 - Sven Delblanc | 1983 - Peter Seeberg | 1984 - Göran Tunström | 1985 - Antti Tuuri | 1986 - Rói Patursson | 1987 - Herbjørg Wassmo | 1988 - Thor Vilhjálmsson | 1989 - Dag Solstad | 1990 - Tomas Tranströmer | 1991 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää | 1992 - Friða Á. Sigurðardóttir | 1993 - Peer Hultberg | 1994 - Kerstin Ekman | 1995 - Einar Már Guðmundsson | 1996 - Øystein Lønn | 1997 - Dorrit Willumsen | 1998 - Tua Forsström | 1999 - Pia Tafdrup | 2000 - Henrik Nordbrandt | 2001 - Jan Kjærstad | 2002 - Lars Saabye Christensen | 2003 - Eva Ström | 2004 - Kari Hotakainen | 2005 - Sjón | 2006 - Göran Sonnevi | 2007 - Sara Stridsberg

 
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