Torgny Lindgren in Stavanger, Norway in September 2009
Born
Gustav Torgny Lindgren (1938-06-16)16 June 1938 Raggsjö, Norsjö, Västerbotten, Sweden
Died
16 March 2017(2017-03-16) (aged 78) Rimforsa, Sweden
Occupation
Poet, novelist
Nationality
Swedish
Period
1965–2017
Notable works
The Way of a Serpent
Sweetness
Spouse
Stina
Children
Aina
Ylva
Torgils
Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017[1]) was a Swedish writer.[2]
Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several years he was active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In the 1980s he converted to the Catholic faith.
Lindgren began as a poet in 1965 but had to wait until 1982 for his breakthrough, with the novel The Way of a Serpent (Swedish: Ormens väg på hälleberget). Lindgren's work was translated into more than thirty languages and was one of Sweden's most internationally successful contemporary writers. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1991.[2]
^"Torgny Lindgren har avlidit". Dagens Nyheter. 16 March 2017.
^ ab"Chair no. 9 - Torgny Lindgren". Swedish Academy. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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