August Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1995) Winner
Torgny Lindgren
トルグニー・リンドグレン
Torugunī Rindoguren
Aliases:
Gustav Torgny Lindgren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-06-16 （Raggsjö, Norsjö, Västerbotten County, Sweden）
- Died
- 2017-03-16 （Rimforsa, Sweden） age 78
- Nationality
- Swedish
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Catholic Baptized in 1980
Career
- Occupations
- teacher, local politician, poet, novelist
- Active Years
- 1965-2017
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy
- Memberships
- Swedish Social Democratic Party, Swedish Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umeå | — | Teacher training | 教師資格 | 1950年代後半-1960年代 | Sweden |
Umeå
Teacher training
Degree:
教師資格
Period:
1950年代後半-1960年代
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
Sweden
Studied in Umeå to become a teacher
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Prix Femina étranger | Bathsheba | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | August Prize | Sweetness | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Selma Lagerlöf Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Litteris et Artibus | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2004 | De Nios Stora Pris | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Honorary Doctorate | — | 名誉博士 | Linköping University | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctorate | — | 名誉博士 | Umeå University | 受賞 |
Prix Femina étranger
1986
Work:
Bathsheba
Result:
受賞
August Prize
1995
Work:
Sweetness
Result:
受賞
Selma Lagerlöf Prize
2000
Result:
受賞
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2001
Result:
受賞
Litteris et Artibus
2002
Result:
受賞
De Nios Stora Pris
2004
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate
1990
Category:
名誉博士
Organization:
Linköping University
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate
2000
Category:
名誉博士
Organization:
Umeå University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 85 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Way of a Serpent
1982 novelThe story of a farmer family in a poverty-stricken region in northern Sweden in the nineteenth century. They lose their land and are exploited by the new owner.
povertyexploitationfamilyfamine
Adaptations
- [film] The Serpent's Way / Bo Widerberg (1986)
Sweetness
1995 novelBibliography
- Plåtsax, hjärtats instrument (1965)
- Dikter från Vimmerby (1970)
- Hur skulle det vara om man vore Olof Palme? (1971)
- Hallen (1975)
- Brännvinsfursten (1979)
- The Way of a Serpent (1982)
- Merabs skönhet (1983)
- Övriga frågor (1983)
- Bathsheba (1984)
- Legender (1986)
- Skrämmer dig minuten (1986)
- Light (1987)
- In Praise of Truth (1991)
- Sweetness (1995)
- I Brokiga Blads vatten (1999)
- Hash (2002)
- Doré's Bible (2005)
- The Stories (2003)
- Norrlands akvavit (2007)
- Minnen (2010)
- Klingsor (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Biblical prosefable-likemythical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- religiondeathpovertyNordic nature
Legacy
One of Sweden's most internationally successful contemporary writers, translated into more than 30 languages. Member of the Swedish Academy from 1991.
Trivia
- Married to Stina, children: Aina, Ylva, Torgils.
- Converted to Catholicism in the 1980s.