Eyvind Johnson

Swedish writer (1900–1976)

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Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and author who lived from 1900 to 1976 and became one of the significant literary figures of his country. He is notable for his contributions to Swedish literature during the 20th century, a period when the country was developing its modern literary identity.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1900
Died: 1976
Works: 87

Top works

Den trygga världen
Stad i mörker
De fyra främlingarna
Ett vårtal 1951
Dagbok frȧn Schweiz, 1947-1949

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1911-05-08
Active to: 1938-08-16

27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

Discography

Blues Man (Remastered)

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Listeners: 6
Total plays: 36

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,533x
Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,906x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
Optical Constants of the Noble Metals
· 1972 · cited 18,049x
Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,444x

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Quotes

“Man bör tänka sig själv som en person som finns i framtiden och kan bedöma – fördöma eller gilla – det jag som handlar idag, det jag som håller stånd eller sviker.”

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Commons category: Eyvind Johnson
date of birth: 1900-07-29
date of death: 1976-08-25
start of work period: 1924-00-00
birth name: Eyvind Olov Verner Johnson
name in native language: Eyvind Johnson
end of work period: 1976-00-00

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Article

Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.

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