K. G. Ossiannilsson

Karl Gustav Ossiannilsson (originally Karl Gustav Ossian Nilsson) (July 30, 1875 – March 14, 1970) was a Swedish author and translator.

Ossiannilsson studied at Lund University between 1894 and 1897, and thereafter he worked as a private tutor and as a teacher in private schools for a few years. Although his first book appeared in 1895, Ossiannilsson became known to a broader public during the years 1900 to 1901, when he published three collections of poetry: Fem dikter, Masker, and Hedningar.

In his early days Ossiannilsson was a Social democrat, but he gradually drifted towards other views. In 1928 he joined the right-wing and pro-nazi party National League of Sweden. He remained a member until the beginning of World War II and when he left he wrote an anti-nazi poem "Till en förtryckare" ("To an oppressor").

Ossiannilsson wrote numerous novels, books of poetry, plays, essays and pamphlets, as well as a couple of screenplays.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Swedish Wikipedia (sv:K.G. Ossiannilsson)


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