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Johannes Edfelt

ヨハネス・エドフェルト

Johannes Edfelt

Aliases: Bo Johannes Edfelt

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1904-12-21 （Tibro）
Died
1997-08-27 age 92
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish, English, German, Nordic languages
Residence History
Skara → Lund → Uppsala → Stockholm → Mariefred

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, translator, literary critic, teacher
Active Years
1923-1997
Affiliations
Swedish Academy
Memberships
Swedish Academy (Seat No. 17, 1969-1997)
Influenced By
Franz Werfel, Bertolt Brecht, Erich Kästner, Vilhelm Ekelund, Harriet Löwenhielm, Birger Sjöberg, Bertil Malmberg, Bo Bergman, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot

Education

Lund University
Nordic Languages
Period: 1923秋
Country: Sweden
Uppsala University
Nordic Languages, English, German, History of Literature, Pedagogics
Degree: 修士
Period: 1924-1930
Year of Graduation: 1930
Country: Sweden
Except military service 1925-1926

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Högmässa

1934 Poetry

Breakthrough work described as traditionalistic in form but modernistic in imagery.

human sufferingredeeming loveliterary allusionsBiblepsychoanalysis

Aftonunderhållning

1932 Poetry

Evening Entertainment, dedicated to his wife.

lovedarkness

I Denna Natt

1936 Poetry

Part of the same creative period as Högmässa.

nightsufferinglove

Bibliography

  • Gryningsröster (1923)
  • Unga dagar (1925)
  • Ansikten (1929)
  • Aftonunderhållning (1932)
  • Högmässa (1934)
  • I denna natt (1936)
  • Vintern är lång (1939)
  • Sång för reskamrater (1941)
  • Elden och klyftan (1943)
  • Bråddjupt eko (1947)
  • Hemliga slagfält (1952)
  • Under Saturnus (1956)
  • Utblick (1958)
  • Insyn (1962)
  • Ådernät (1968)
  • Dagar och nätter (1983)
  • Följeslagare (1989)
  • Mötesplatser (1992)
  • Brännpunkter (1996)
  • Dikter (2004)

Translations by Author

  • Translated works by Nelly Sachs, Georg Trakl, Novalis, Andreas Gryphius, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound

Style & Themes

Literary Style
traditionalistic in formmodernistic in imageryprose poetry elements (later works)rich in literary allusions
Recurring Motifs
contrast between dark human suffering and redeeming loveallusions to Bible, ancient tragedians, psychoanalysis, Modernismreuse of metric structures from older poets

Legacy

Elected to the Swedish Academy in 1969 (seat 17), known for poetry blending traditional form and modernist imagery.