Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 38 (1956) Winner
Bo Bergman
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Bo Bergman
Aliases:
Bo Hjalmar Bergman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1869-10-06 （Stockholm）
- Died
- 1967-11-17 （Stockholm） age 98
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
- Residence History
- Stockholm (lifetime)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, literary critic, theatre critic, postal official
- Active Years
- 1903-1967
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy (Seat 12, 1925-1967)
- Influenced By
- Charles Baudelaire, Hjalmar Söderberg
- Influenced
- Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ture Rangström, Karin Rehnqvist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Marionettes
1903 AnthologyDecadent poetry supposing human destinies controlled by an old man like marionettes.
decadencedeterminism
One Man
1908 AnthologyPoetry anthology exploring personal struggles.
decadencedisillusionment
The Fire
1917 AnthologyPoetry dealing with passion and destruction.
passionchange
The Ship
1915 NovelNovel symbolizing life's journey through a ship.
lifefate
Bibliography
- The Marionettes (1903)
- The Dream, and Other Stories (1904)
- One Man (1908)
- The Ship (1915)
- The Fire (1917)
- The Eyes of Life (1922)
- Old Gods (1939)
- The Country (1944)
- Moments (1952)
- The Eternal Game (1963, Play)
- The Rag Carpet (1964, Autobiography)
- The Adventure (1969)
- Dear Hjalle, Dear Bo (1969, Letters)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- decadentdisillusionedlater militant humanism
- Recurring Motifs
- flâneurmarionettesdeterministic worldviewanti-Nazism
Legacy
Long-time member of the Swedish Academy whose works inspired major Swedish composers; style shifted from decadent to humanist.
Trivia
- Worked as a postal official his entire career, retiring in 1933.
- Close friend of Hjalmar Söderberg, corresponding from 1891 to 1941.
- Buried at Norra begravningsplatsen.