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Eyvind Johnson, nato Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson (Svartbjörnsbyn, 29 luglio 1900 – Stoccolma, 25 agosto 1976), è stato uno scrittore e traduttore svedese. Diventò membro dell'Accademia Svedese nel 1957 e nel 1974 fu insignito del Premio Nobel per la letteratura insieme a Harry Martinson con la seguente motivazione:
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 ...
Eyvind Johnson. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974. Born: 29 July 1900, Svartbjörnsbyn, Sweden. Died: 25 August 1976, Stockholm, Sweden. Residence at the time of the award: Sweden. Prize motivation: “for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom”. Language: Swedish. Prize share: 1/2.
Eyvind Johnson (born July 29, 1900, Svartbjörnsbyn, near Boden, Sweden—died Aug. 25, 1976, Stockholm) was one of the few working-class novelists to bring not only new themes and points of view to Swedish literature but also to experiment with new forms and techniques of the most advanced kind.
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Eyvind Johnson was a proletarian writer who was influenced by the contemporary literary currents of his time. He is regarded as the modern novel art's foremost pioneer in Sweden. He made his debut in 1924 and had his breakthrough in 1930 with the semi-autobiographical novel about Olof .
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JOHNSON, Eyvind (App. II, 11, p. 56) Romanziere svedese, morto a Stoccolma il 25 agosto 1976. Nel 1974 il premio Nobel per la letteratura, diviso con il connazionale H. Martinson, aveva coronato la sua cinquantennale attività letteraria, caratterizzata nell'ultimo venticinquennio dall'applicazione al romanzo storico, con esiti artistici in ...
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 was divided equally between Eyvind Johnson "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" and Harry Martinson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
