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Bertel Gripenberg

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Bertel Gripenberg

Aliases: Bertel Johan Sebastian Gripenberg / Baron Gripenberg
Pen Names: Åke Erikson（Used for the 1925 poetry collection Den hemliga glöden）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1878-09-19 （Saint Petersburg）
Died
1947-05-06 （Sävsjö） age 68
Nationality
Finland-Swede
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire → Finland → Sweden

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
1903-1947
Affiliations
Lapua Movement
Memberships
Lapua Movement
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated 14 times)

Awards

Tollanderska priset
1913
Result: 受賞
De Nios Stora Pris
1916
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞
De Nios Stora Pris
1930
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞
De Nios Stora Pris
1940
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dikter

1903 Poetry

Early poetry collection

fin de siècle

Under fanan

1918 Poetry

Militaristic poetry collection

militarismpolitics

Den stora tiden

1928 Poetry

Poetry of the great time

politics

Bibliography

  • Dikter (1903)
  • Vida vägar (1904)
  • Gallergrinden (1905)
  • Rosenstaden (1907)
  • Svarta sonetter (1908)
  • Drifsnö (1909)
  • Aftnar i Tavastland (1911)
  • Under fanan (1918)
  • Kanonernas röst (1922)
  • Efter striden (1923)
  • Den hemliga glöden (1925)
  • Skymmande land (1925)
  • Den stora tiden (1928)
  • Vid gränsen (1930)
  • Livets eko (1933)
  • Sista ronden (1941)
  • Genom gallergrinden (1947, posthumous)

Translations by Author

  • The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Johannes Linnankoski)
  • Spoon River Anthology (Edgar Lee Masters)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
fin de siècle eroticismethical poetry (1908-1917)militaristic and political poetryintrospective poetry

Legacy

Finland-Swedish poet nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 14 times. His poetry evolved from fin de siècle eroticism to ethics, militarism/politics, and introspection. Known for right-wing political views.

Trivia

  • Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times.
  • Participated on the White side in the Finnish Civil War.
  • Member of the Lapua Movement.