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Nordic Council Literature Prize ほくおうひょうぎかいぶんがくしょう

Edition 6 (1966)

Literature prizeInternational Literature PrizeNordic Literature

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Gunnar Ekelöf ぐんなる・えけろーふ Winner

A sequence of poems shaped by Byzantine myth and religious imagery, it weaves themes of divinity, suffering, and love into a fragmented and dreamlike mode of expression. As the starting point of Ekelöf’s later Diwan trilogy, it condenses his experimental spirit and symbolic intensity.

The starting point of the Diwan trilogy, where myth and prayer intersect.

144 pages
poetrymythsymbolismByzantine cultureexperimentation