Erik Lindegren
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J. Erik Lindegren (August 5, 1910 – May 31, 1968) was a Swedish author, poet and member of the Swedish Academy (1961-68, chair 17). Grandson of composer Johan Lindegren.
Lindegren was born in Luleå, Sweden. With Gunnar Ekelöf, he was one of the most prominent exponents of the lyric modernism flourishing in his country, especially in the 1940s. He translated the works of T. S. Eliot, Ranier Maria Rilke, Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, William Faulkner, Paul Claudel and others into Swedish.[1]
He was an accomplished opera librettist at the Royal Swedish Opera. Lindegren wrote the libretto for Karl-Birger Blomdahl's space opera Aniara among others.[1]
His poetry books include Mannen utan väg ("The Man Without a Way"; 1942).[1]
