Per Olov Enquist

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Per Olov Enquist, also P. O. Enquist, (born September 23, 1934 in Hjoggböle, Skellefteå, Västerbotten) is one of Sweden's internationally best known authors. He has worked as a journalist, playwright, and novelist. In the nineties, he gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician.

After a degree in History of literature at Uppsala University he worked as a newspaper columnist and TV debate moderator from 1965 to 1976. Because of his work he soon became an influential figure on the Swedish literary scene. From 1970 to 1971 Enquist lived in Berlin on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and in 1973 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He works as an independent writer since 1977.

Enquist's works are characterized by a chronic pessimistic view of the world. They always describe the restrictions imposed by the pietistical way of living, especially in March of the Musicians (1978) and Lewi's Journey (2001). He gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician (1999) where he tells the story of Struensee, the personal physician of the Danish Queen Caroline. Many of Enquist's works have been translated into English by Tiina Nunnally.

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Kristallögat (1961)
Färdvägen (1963)
The magnetist's fifth winter (Magnetisörens femte vinter) (1964). ISBN 0-7043-2721-X
Bröderna Casey (1964)
Sextiotalskritik (1966)
Hess (1966)
Legionärerna (1968)
Sekonden (1971)
Katedralen i München och andra berättelser (1972). ISBN 91-1-725731-X
Berättelser från de inställda upprorens tid (1974). ISBN 91-1-741212-9
The night of the tribades (Tribadernas natt) (1975)
Chez Nous (1976). ISBN 91-1-761481-3
The march of the musicians (Musikanternas uttåg) (1978). ISBN 0-7043-0190-3
Mannen på trottoaren (1979). ISBN 91-1-791381-0
Till Fedra (1980). Based on the myth of Phaedra. ISBN 91-1-801061-X
Ett triptyk (1981). ISBN 91-1-811312-5
Rain snakes (Från regnormarnas liv) (1981)
Doktor Mabuses nya testamente (1982). ISBN 91-1-811762-7
Strindberg. Ett liv (1984). ISBN 91-1-841622-5
Downfall: a love story (Nedstörtad ängel) (1985). ISBN 0-7043-2612-4
Två reportage om idrott (1986). Earlier printed as Katedralen i München och andra berättelser. ISBN 91-1-861652-6
Protagoras sats (1987). ISBN 91-1-871292-4
The hour of the lynx (I lodjurets timma) (1988). ISBN 91-1-881241-4
Captain Nemo's library (Kapten Nemos bibliotek) (1991). ISBN 0-7043-7019-0
Plays (Dramatik) (1991/2004). Contains The night of the tribades, Rain snakes, The hour of the lynx and The image makers. ISBN 91-1-912571-2 / ISBN 0-413-77200-4
Kartritarna (1992). ISBN 91-1-921562-2
The visit of the royal physician (Livläkarens besök) (1999). ISBN 0-09-944705-3
Lewi's Journey (Lewis resa) (2001). ISBN 1585673412
Boken om Blanche och Marie (2004). ISBN 91-1-301360-2 English translation as The Book about Blanche and Marie, 2006 ISBN 1-58567-668-3