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Artur Lundkvist

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Artur Lundkvist

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1906-03-03 （Perstorp, Skåne County, Sweden）
Died
1991-12-11 （Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden） age 85
Nationality
Swedish
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Perstorp (birthplace) → Stockholm (long-term residence) → Solna (death)

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, literary critic, translator
Active Years
1928-1991
Affiliations
Swedish Academy (member), Sweden-GDR Association (board member), Swedish Peace Committee (member)
Memberships
Swedish Academy, Sweden-GDR Association, Swedish Peace Committee
Influenced By
Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, Federico García Lorca
Influenced
Swedish contemporary poets and younger modernists

Education

Folk high school
Country: Sweden
Reported to have studied at a folk high school in Stockholm in his youth. No clear record of a university degree.

Awards

Lenin Peace Prize
1958
Organization: Soviet Union
Result: 受賞
Golden Wreath (Struga Poetry Evenings)
1977
Organization: Struga Poetry Evenings
Result: 受賞
Member of the Swedish Academy
1968
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: 選出

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Glöd (Glowing Embers)

1928 poetry

Lundkvist's first collection of poems, showing early modernist influences.

modernismnatureyouthful sensibility

Fem unga (Five Young Men) (anthology, contributor)

1929 poetry/manifesto anthology

An influential anthology associated with the Swedish modernist breakthrough around 1930.

modernismexperimental expression

Malinga

1952 prose/poetic prose

One of his works blending prose poetry with travel impressions and essays, defying genre limits.

travelcross-cultural encountersformal experimentation

Liv som gräs (Life as Grass)

1954 poetry

A representative poetry collection from his mature period in the 1950s, noted for concise lyricism.

lifenaturetime

Självporträtt av en drömmare med öppna ögon (Self-portrait of a Dreamer with Open Eyes)

1966 autobiography

An autobiographical work reflecting on his life and literary views, published in the 1960s.

memoirliterary reflectionself-examination

Bibliography

  • Glöd (1928)
  • Naket liv (1929)
  • Jordisk prosa (1930)
  • Svart stad (1930)
  • Vit man (1932)
  • Atlantvind (1932)
  • Floderna flyter mot havet (1934)
  • Himmelsfärd (1935)
  • Nattens broar (1936)
  • Sirensång (1937)
  • Eldtema (1939)
  • Ikarus' flykt (1939)
  • Korsväg (1942)
  • Dikter mellan djur och gud (1944)
  • Skinn över sten (1947)
  • Fotspår i vattnet (1949)
  • Indiabrand (1950)
  • Malinga (1952)
  • Liv som gräs (1954)
  • Ögonblick och vågor (1962)
  • Självporträtt av en drömmare med öppna ögon (1966)
  • Snapphanens liv och död (1968)
  • Krigarens dikt (1976)
  • Skrivet mot kvällen (1980)
  • Babylon, gudarnas sköka (1981)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernismblend of prose poetry and essaysexperimental and fragmentary expressionlyrical yet intellectual voice
Recurring Motifs
travel and cross-cultural encountersnature and seasonshistory and traditionpolitical stance and pacifism

Legacy

Artur Lundkvist was a leading figure of Swedish modernism as a poet and critic, and had major influence as a translator introducing foreign literature to Swedish readers. He was also a member of the Swedish Academy and took part in Nobel Prize deliberations.

Academic Societies

  • Swedish Academy

Archives

  • Swedish Academy archives
  • Perstorp local archives (possible holdings)

Trivia

  • Published around 80 books; his works have been translated into some 30 languages.
  • Noted translator of many Spanish- and French-language writers into Swedish.
  • Elected to the Swedish Academy in 1968 and served on the Nobel committee from 1969 to 1986.
  • Received the Lenin Peace Prize in 1958 and the Golden Wreath at Struga Poetry Evenings in 1977.
  • Married poet Maria Wine in 1936.