Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 18 (1934) Winner
Hjalmar Söderberg
ヒャルマル・セーデルベリ
Hyarumaru Sēderuberi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1869-07-02 （Stockholm）
- Died
- 1941-10-14 （Copenhagen） age 72
- Nationality
- Swedish
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Stockholm → Copenhagen
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist
- Active Years
- 1888-1941
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppsala University | — | — | — | — | Sweden |
Uppsala University
Country:
Sweden
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Doctor Glas
1905 novelA frightful tale of vengeance and passion.
determinismlonelinessmelancholy
Translations
- English translation available
Martin Birck's Youth
1901 novelFollows the development of a young amateur poet.
youthStockholm depiction
Translations
- English translation available
Historietter
1898 short story collectionCollection of twenty short stories.
melancholyloneliness
The Serious Game
1912 novelA love story.
destinydeterminism
Translations
- English translation available
Gertrud
1906 playAbout a woman who abstains from mediocre love.
loveloneliness
Adaptations
- [film] Gertrud / Carl Theodor Dreyer (1964)
Bibliography
- Delusions (1895)
- Short Stories (1898)
- Martin Birck's Youth (1901)
- The Strangers (1903)
- Doctor Glas (1905)
- Gertrud (1906)
- It Is Darkening Over The Road (1907)
- Worry of the Heart (1909)
- The Serious Game (1912)
- The Talented Dragon (1913)
- The Hour of Destiny (1922)
- Jesus Barabbas (1928)
- The Transformed Messiah (1932)
Translations by Author
- Translated works by Anatole France, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Baudelaire, Heinrich Heine to Swedish
Translations of Works
- Doctor Glas (English, Paul Britten Austin)
- The Serious Game (English, Eva Claeson)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detached yet emotionally poignant writing stylerich portrayal of contemporary Stockholm through the eyes of the flaneur
- Recurring Motifs
- incurable lonelinessmelancholynostalgiadeterminism
Legacy
Regarded as one of the greatest writers in Swedish literature. His works are translated to more than twenty languages.
In Popular Culture
- Statue in front of the National Library of Sweden in Humlegården, Stockholm
Quotes
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I believe in the lust of the flesh and the incurable isolation of the soul.
Source: Doctor Glas (1905) -
One wants to be loved, in lack thereof admired, in lack thereof feared, in lack thereof loathed and despised. One wants to instill some sort of emotion in people. The soul trembles before emptiness and desires contact at any price.
Source: Doctor Glas (1905)
Trivia
- Fierce critic of Nazism.
- Claimed that Jesus and Barabbas were the same person in controversial books.