Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 11 (1927) Winner
Sigfrid Siwertz
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Sigfrid Siwertz
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1882-01-24 （Stockholm）
- Died
- 1970-11-26 （Stockholm） age 88
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Stockholm
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1911-1970
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mälarpirater
1911 adventure novelA story about three boys' adventures on a stolen sailing boat in Mälaren, regarded as a minor classic in Swedish literature and widely read in schools.
adventureboyhood
Selambs
1920 satirical novelHis masterpiece, acknowledged as one of the best critical depictions of the bourgeoisie in Swedish literature, adapted into a television series in 1979.
bourgeoisiesocial critique
Adaptations
- [television series] (1979)
Legacy
Elected to the Swedish Academy in 1932 until his death, and a member of the Nobel Prize committee from 1942 to 1963. Prolific writer best known for his depictions of the bourgeoisie.
In Popular Culture
- Selambs was adapted into a television series in 1979.