Died 1976-08-25.
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Eyvind Johnson
Eyvind Johnson 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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culture · Swedish writer (1900–1976) · translator · novelist · journalist · writer · poet · film director · film screenwriter · also Eyvind Johnson, Johnson
Born 29 July 1900 · Died 25 August 1976 · Q131326
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1974· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1974).
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Eyvind Johnson was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature jointly with Harry Martinson
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Nordic Council Literature Prize (1962).
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1960· 2 entries
Awarded Östersunds-Postens litterature price (1960).
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Awarded Dobloug Prize (1960).
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1957· 3 entries
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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Johnson was elected a member of the Swedish Academy
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Career landmark: seat 11 of the Swedish Academy (1957–1976).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Dobloug Prize (1951).
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1946· 1 entry
Published one of his most famous novels, Return to Ithaca (Strändernas svall), based on the story of Odysseus as he returns to Ithaca after the Trojan war
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize (1936).
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1919· 1 entry
Left his hometown and moved to Stockholm where he began to publish articles in anarchist magazines like Brand
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1900· 1 entry
Born 1900-07-29.
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