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Werner Aspenström

ヴェルネル・アスペンストローム

Werunā Aspenström

Aliases: Karl Werner Aspenström

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-11-13 （Norrbärke）
Died
1997-01-25 （Stockholm） age 78
Nationality
Swedish
Languages
Swedish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Norrbärke, Sweden → Stockholm, Sweden

Career

Occupations
poet, writer
Active Years
1943-1997
Affiliations
Swedish Academy
Memberships
Swedish Academy (Seat No.12, 1981-1997)
Influenced By
Harry Martinson, Tomas Tranströmer

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Snölegend

1949 poetry

His breakthrough poetry collection.

snowlegend

Bibliography

  • Förberedelse (1943)
  • Oändligt är vårt äventyr (1945, prose)
  • Skriket och tystnaden (1946)
  • Snölegend (1949)
  • Litania (1952)
  • Förebud (1953)
  • Hundarna (1954)
  • Dikter under träden (1956)
  • Bäcken (1958, prose)
  • Motsägelser (1961, essays)
  • Om dagen om natten (1961)
  • Trappan (1964)
  • Sommar (1968, prose)
  • Inre (1969)
  • Under tiden (1972)
  • Tidigt en morgon, sent på jorden (1980)
  • Sorl (1983)
  • Det röda molnet (1986)
  • Varelser (1988)
  • Enskilt och allmänt (1991)
  • Ty (1993)
  • Israpport (1997)
  • Öva Sitt Eget (2004, posthumous, co-written with Signe Lund-Aspenström)
  • Samlade dikter 1943-1997 (2014, Collected poems 1943-1997)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
One of the leading styles in 20th-century Swedish poetry

Legacy

Considered one of the leading 20th-century Swedish poets, often compared to Nobel laureates Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer.

Quotes

  • writing for his cat
    Source: self-claimed

Trivia

  • He claimed that his motivation for writing was 'writing for his cat'.
  • He was a friend of Stig Dagerman.
  • His widow died in 2015.