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Gabriel Jönsson

ガブリエル・ヨンソン

Gaberieru Yonsuson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-07-18 (Ålabodarna, Glumslöv, Sweden)
Died
1984-04-23 (Ålabodarna, Glumslöv, Sweden) age 91
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Religion
Baptist
Residence History
Ålabodarna, Glumslöv

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Poet
Active Years
1920-1984
Affiliations
Scanian Academy
Memberships
Scanian Academy

Education

Helsingborgs högre allmänna läroverk
Country: Sweden
studies never completed
Lund University
Country: Sweden
studies never completed

Awards

De Nios Stora Pris
1954
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞
Sydsvenska Dagbladets Kulturpris
1956
Organization: Sydsvenskan
Result: 受賞
Landsbygdens författarstipendium
1971
Result: 受賞
Årets skåning
1977
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Flaskpost

1920 Poetry

Message in a bottle poetry collection.

SeaSailing
Adaptations
  • [Song] The Girl from Backafall / Gunnar Turesson

Bibliography

  • 1920 Flaskpost (Message in a bottle)
  • 1927 Årsringar (Year rings)
  • 1935 Skånska somrar (Scanian Summers)
  • 1936 Mina skepp (My ships)
  • 1941 Kustland (Coastland)
  • 1944 Skånehistorier (Scanian stories)
  • 1946 Himmel och blandsäd (Heaven and wheet)
  • 1948 Diktens Skåne (Poetry of Scania)
  • 1952 Dikter (Poetry)
  • 1954 Än sjunger Öresund (The Sound is still singing)
  • 1956 Min strand (My beach)
  • 1964 Skåne i kameraögat (Scania in the camera eye)
  • 1975 Minnen från kustlandet och betland (Memories from coastland and sugarbetland)
  • 1978 Ung mellan backar och böljor (Young between hills and vawes)
  • 1980 Porträtt och Poesier (Portretts and Poetry)
  • 1991 Fotboll är också poesi (Soccer is also poetry)

Adaptations

  • Country life (screenplay)
  • The Girl from Backafall (screenplay)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic expressions inspired by the sea and farming
Recurring Motifs
ÖresundFarmingSea

Legacy

Swedish poet known for works inspired by Öresund and farming. One of the first members of the Scanian Academy.

In Popular Culture

  • 'The Girl from Backafall' is a signature song of Ven island.

Trivia

  • Born into a Baptist family.
  • Father was a seaman turned trader.
  • Mother was a businesswoman.