Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 25 (1941) Winner
Olle Hedberg
オッレ・ヘッドベリ
Olle Hedberg
Aliases:
Carl Olof Hedberg
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1899-05-31 （Norrköping）
- Died
- 1974-09-20 （Verveln, Östergötland） age 75
- Nationality
- スウェーデン
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Norrköping, Sweden → Östergötland, Sweden
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, author
- Active Years
- 1930-1974
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy (Seat No 6, 1957-1974)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Prisoner's Base
1930 satirical novelStory of prisoner's base.
middle class satire
Translations
- English translation (1932)
Iris och löjtnantshjärta
1934 novelUt med blondinerna!
1939 satirical novelBekänna färg
1947 novelImportant novel searching for religious and moral values.
religionmorality
Animals in Cages
1959 novelTranslations
- English translation (1962)
Bibliography
- Prisoner's Base (1930)
- Iris och löjtnantshjärta (1934)
- Ut med blondinerna! (1939)
- Stopp! Tänk på något annat (1939)
- Bekänna färg (1947)
- Animals in Cages (1959)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- probing satirist of the middle classrealistdisenchanted moralist
- Recurring Motifs
- search for religious and moral values
Health
-
suicide1974年Committed suicide a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta died of sudden illness.
Legacy
Member of the Swedish Academy (1957-1974). Known as a satirist of the middle class.
Trivia
- Committed suicide after his daughter's death.