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Eyvind Johnson

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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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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1974

    “for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom”

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Instance of
human
Family name
Johnson
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Boden
Place of death
Stockholm
Languages spoken
Swedish
Field of work
novel
Genre
proletarian literature
Image
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place of burial
Skogskyrkogården
Commons category
Eyvind Johnson
date of birth
1900-07-29
date of death
1976-08-25
member of
Swedish Academy
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature
ethnic group
Swedes
writing language
Swedish
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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Encyclopedic overview

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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