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Per Olof Sundman

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Per Olof Sundman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1922-09-04 （Vaxholm, Sweden）
Died
1992-10-09 （Stockholm, Sweden） age 70
Nationality
Swedish
Languages
Swedish

Career

Occupations
Writer, Politician
Active Years
1957-1992
Affiliations
Centre Party (Sweden), Swedish Academy (Seat No. 6)
Memberships
Swedish Academy
Influenced By
Ernest Hemingway

Awards

Nordic Council Literature Prize
1968
Work: Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd)
Organization: Nordic Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd)

1967 Historical novel / documentary novel

A novel recounting S.A. Andrée's failed attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon, blending historical sources and fictional reconstruction. Known for mixing fact and fiction.

explorationArcticblending fact and fictionhuman limitations
Adaptations
  • [Film] Flight of the Eagle (film) / Jan Troell (1982)

Bibliography

  • First publication (1957)
  • Flight of the Eagle (1967)

Adaptations

  • Flight of the Eagle (film, dir. Jan Troell, 1982)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
spare, restrained prosedocumentary novel techniques (mixing sources and fiction)
Recurring Motifs
northern natureexploration and failurerecords and testimony

Legacy

Sundman was internationally recognized for documentary-style treatments of northern exploration; he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1968 and was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1975. His notable novel was adapted for film and gained international attention.

Academic Societies

  • Swedish Academy

Archives

  • Libris (Swedish national bibliography and library catalogs)

In Popular Culture

  • Film adaptation of Flight of the Eagle (1982) — internationally released; nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983

Trivia

  • Won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1968.
  • Elected to the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 6) in 1975.
  • The film adaptation of his major novel was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1983).