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Peder Sjögren

ペデル・シェグレン

Peder Sjögren

Aliases: ゲスタ・シェグレン / ゲスタ・タゲ・フィリップ・シェグレン
Pen Names: Peder Sjögren（Pen name used in literary career）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1905-01-01 （outside Växjö, Småland, Sweden）
Died
1966-01-01 age 61
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Småland → Stockholm → Rome → Balkans → Spain → North Africa → Poland → Finland

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist
Active Years
1937-1966

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Black Palms

1944 novel

Novel based on experiences in the Spanish Civil War

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Adaptations
  • [film] Svarta palmkronor / Lars-Magnus Lindgren (1968)

Bread of Love

1945 novel

Novel based on experiences as a volunteer in the Finnish Continuation War

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Adaptations
  • [film] Kärlekens bröd / Arne Mattsson (1953)

Bibliography

  • Bar Barbar (1937)
  • Black Palms (Svarta palmkronor, 1944)
  • Bread of Love (Kärlekens bröd, 1945)
  • I Will Down to Thimnath (Jag vill gå ned till Thimnath, 1947)
  • The Man Who Tried to Bolt (Mannen som försökte smita, 1949)
  • The Lady (Damen, 1951)
  • The Confession (Bikten, 1954)
  • Take Down the Stars (Ta ner stjärnorna, 1957)
  • In Memory (Till minne, 1959)
  • Our Number (Vårt nummer, 1959)
  • Pride (Högmodet, 1959)
  • Meeting in the Park (Möte i parken, 1962)
  • Elis (1964)

Health

  • combat wound
    スペイン内戦期 (1936-1939)
    Influenced themes in his novels

Legacy

Swedish writer known for works based on experiences in the Spanish Civil War and Continuation War

Trivia

  • Joined International Brigades in Spanish Civil War and was wounded
  • Volunteered in Finnish Continuation War
  • Antifascist
  • Committed suicide five days after his second wife's death