Finlandia Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1988) Winner
Gösta Ågren
ゲースタ・アグレン
Gösta Ågren
Aliases:
Sven Gösta Ågren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-08-03 （Nykarleby）
- Died
- 2020-06-24 age 83
- Nationality
- Finland
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Ostrobothnia
Career
- Occupations
- author, poet
- Active Years
- 1960-2020
- Influenced
- Leo Ågren, Erik Ågren
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Finlandia Prize | Jär | 詩 | Finnish Literature Society | winner |
| 2011 | Swedish Academy Finland Prize | — | — | Swedish Academy | winner |
Finlandia Prize
1988
Work:
Jär
Category:
詩
Organization:
Finnish Literature Society
Result:
winner
Swedish Academy Finland Prize
2011
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Jär
1988 poetry collectionPoetry collection referring to Ostrobothnia.
Ostrobothniarural proletariat
Timmermannen
poetry collectionPoetry collection referencing the Gospel of Mark, 'The Carpenter'.
Gospel of Mark
Bibliography
- Ågren, Gösta (1992). _A Valley in the Midst of Violence: Selected Poems_ [_En dal i våldet_].
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- left-wing sympathiesautobiographical rural themesphilosophical poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Ostrobothniaproletariat
Legacy
Prominent Finland-Swedish author and poet, winner of the Finlandia Prize for _Jär_ in 1988.
In Popular Culture
- A line from one of his poems, 'Don’t worry, it will never work out,' was printed on t-shirts by Books from Finland and became popular.
Quotes
-
Don’t worry, it will never work out.
Source: one of his poems
Trivia
- His brothers Leo and Erik were also writers.
- Praised the literary values of the Gospel of Mark.