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Eyvind Johnson
Eyvind Johnson
Born
Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson (1900-07-29)29 July 1900 Boden, Sweden
Died
25 August 1976(1976-08-25) (aged 76) Stockholm, Sweden
Period
1924–1976
Notable works
Here's Your Life
Return to Ithaca
The Days of His Grace
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Harry Martinson)
Spouses
Aase Christoffersen (1927–1938, her death)
Cilla Johnson (1940–1978)
Children
3
Website
www.eyvindjohnson.se
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[1] 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.[2]
^Svenska Akademien
^Brandsma, Elliott (2021). "Recovering a "Lost Europe": The De-Centering of Master Narratives in Eyvind Johnson's Natten är här". Humanities. 10: 46. doi:10.3390/h10010046.
EyvindJohnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish...
1974 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded jointly to Swedish authors EyvindJohnson (1900–1976) "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the...
and film actor EyvindJohnson (1900–1976), Swedish novelist and short story writer Eyvind Kang (born 1971), composer and violist Eyvind Lambi, Norwegian...
execution have attracted the attention of writers Alexandre Dumas père, EyvindJohnson, Aldous Huxley and the playwright John Whiting, filmmaker Ken Russell...
parallels to Odysseus' ten years of wandering. Return to Ithaca (1946) by EyvindJohnson is a more realistic retelling of the events that adds a deeper psychological...
(Swedish: Drömmar om rosor och eld) is a novel by the Swedish author EyvindJohnson published in 1949. Set in 1600s France, it is based on the events known...
Swede EyvindJohnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members...
His Grace (Swedish: Hans nådes tid) is a 1960 novel by Swedish writer EyvindJohnson. Set mostly in northern Italy, close to Aquileia, it tells the story...
the book was based upon Dreams of Roses and Fire — a 1949 novel by EyvindJohnson based on the same events. Mother Joan of the Angels — a 1961 Polish...
Hewish Paul Flory Albert Claude; Christian de Duve; George Emil Palade EyvindJohnson; Harry Martinson Seán MacBride; Eisaku Satō Gunnar Myrdal; Friedrich...
1936) is widely read. EyvindJohnson and Harry Martinson developed the Swedish autobiograpichal novel with works such as Johnson's novel series Romanen...
Krilon is a trilogy of novels by the Swedish author EyvindJohnson, Grupp Krilon ("Group Krilon", 1941), Krilons resa ("Krilon's journey", 1942), Krilon...
group of non-academic, self-taught writers like Ivar Lo-Johansson, EyvindJohnson, Jan Fridegård and Harry Martinson appeared writing about the working-class...
in 1995 and the EyvindJohnson literature prize in 2010. "Bengt Pohjanen". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. "EyvindJohnson-priset till Pohjanen"...
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly Sachs, EyvindJohnson, Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer. World-famous Nordic children's...
Ronald Syme, Carl Zuckmayer, André Schwarz-Bart, Josep Carner and EyvindJohnson (awarded in 1974). British novelist E. M. Forster earned the highest...
20th century. The film was based upon an autobiographical novel by EyvindJohnson. For the film he won the Guldbagge Award for Best Director at the 4th...
Nominator(s) 1 Ivo Andrić (1892–1975) Yugoslavia novel, short story, poetry EyvindJohnson (1900–1976) Harry Martinson (1904–1978) Association of Writers of Yugoslavia...
Karlfeldt in 1931, Pär Lagerkvist in 1951, and the shared prize to EyvindJohnson and Harry Martinson in 1974. Selma Lagerlöf was elected a member of...
author to become a recipient of the prize after Harry Martinson and EyvindJohnson who were jointly awarded in 1974. Tomas Tranströmer has this ability...
huge number of historical novels has been written. Nobel laureates EyvindJohnson and Pär Lagerkvist wrote acclaimed historical novels such as Return...
authors with notable heritage in Stockholm were the Nobel Prize laureate EyvindJohnson (1900–1976) and the popular poet and composer Evert Taube (1890–1976)...
him in 1961, EyvindJohnson and Athanasius Trypanis Trypanis both nominated in 1962 and it was the 1963 nomination again by EyvindJohnson that won him...
Austin, Australian community worker, political activist (d. 1986) EyvindJohnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) Teresa Noce, Italian...
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