Eyvind Johnson

Eyvind Johnson
Born Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson
(1900-07-29)29 July 1900
near Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden
Died 25 August 1976(1976-08-25) (aged 76)
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Period 1924–1976
Notable works
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Literature
1974 (shared with Harry Martinson)
Spouses
  • Aase Christoffersen (1900–1938)
  • Cilla Johnson (1940–1978)
Children
  • Tore
  • Maria
  • Carl-Anders
Website
www.eyvindjohnson.se

Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 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 Överluleå 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

References

  1. Raúl Fain Binda BBC Mundo (1 January 1970). "BBC Mundo – Noticias – Londres 2012: el cruel destino del atleta que llega cuarto". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Nils Ahnlund
Swedish Academy,
Seat No.11

1957–1976
Succeeded by
Ulf Linde


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