Eyvind Johnson
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Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson 29 July 1900 near Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden |
Died |
25 August 1976 76) Stockholm, Sweden | (aged
Nationality | Swedish |
Period | 1924â1976 |
Notable works |
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Notable awards |
Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Harry Martinson) |
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Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 â 25 August 1976) was a Swedish writer and author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
Biography
Johnson was born Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson in Svartbjörnsbyn village in ĂverluleĂ„ parish, near the town of Boden in Norrbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up.
His most noted works include Here's Your Life (1935), Return to Ithaca (1946) and The Days of His Grace (1960).
Controversy
The choice of Johnson and Harry Martinson as Nobel Prize winners in 1974 was controversial as both were on the Nobel panel themselves and Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow and Jorge Luis Borges were the favoured candidates that year.[1]
Bibliography
- De fyra frÀmlingarna (short story collection, 1924)
- Timans och rÀttfÀrdigheten (novel, 1925)
- Stad i mörker (novel, 1927)
- Stad i ljus (novel, 1928)
- Minnas (novel, 1928)
- Kommentar till ett stjÀrnfall (novel, 1929)
- Avsked till Hamlet (novel, 1930)
- Natten Àr hÀr (short story collection, 1932)
- Bobinack (novel, 1932)
- Regn i gryningen (novel, 1933)
- Nu var det 1914 (novel, 1934)
- Ăn en gĂ„ng, kapten! (short story collection, 1934)
- Here's Your Life (Swedish: HĂ€r har du ditt liv!, novel, 1935)
- Se dig inte om! (novel, 1936)
- Slutspel i ungdomen (novel, 1937)
- Nattövning (novel, 1938)
- Den trygga vÀrlden (short story collection, 1940)
- Soldatens Ă„terkomst (novel, 1940)
- Grupp Krilon (novel, 1941)
- Krilons resa (novel, 1942)
- Krilon sjÀlv (novel, 1943)
- Sju liv (short story compilation, 1944)
- Return to Ithaca (Swedish: StrÀndernas svall, novel, 1946; drama, 1948)
- Pan mot Sparta (short story collection, 1946)
- Dagbok frÄn Schweiz (1949)
- Drömmar om rosor och eld (novel, 1949)
- LĂ€gg undan solen (novel, 1951)
- Romantisk berÀttelse (novel, 1953)
- Tidens gÄng (novel, 1955)
- Vinterresa i Norrbotten (1955)
- Molnen över Metapontion (novel, 1957)
- VĂ€gar över Metaponto â en resedagbok (1959)
- The Days of His Grace (Swedish: Hans nÄdes tid, novel, 1960)
- SpĂ„r förbi Kolonos â en berĂ€ttelse (1961)
- Livsdagen lÄng (novel, 1964)
- Stunder, vĂ„gor â anteckningar, berĂ€ttelser (1965)
- Favel ensam (novel, 1968)
- Resa i hösten 1921 (1973)
- NĂ„gra steg mot tystnaden (novel, 1973)
- Olibrius och gestalterna (youth short story collection, 1986)
- Herr Clerk vÄr mÀstare (original version of Minnas, novel, 1998)
References
- â RaĂșl Fain Binda BBC Mundo (1 January 1970). "BBC Mundo â Noticias â Londres 2012: el cruel destino del atleta que llega cuarto". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
External links
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Preceded by Nils Ahnlund |
Swedish Academy, Seat No.11 1957â1976 |
Succeeded by Ulf Linde |
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