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Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy . He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". [ 1 ]
Harry Martinson. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974. Born: 6 May 1904, Jämshög, Sweden. Died: 11 February 1978, Stockholm, Sweden. Residence at the time of the award: Sweden. Prize motivation: “for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos” Language: Swedish. Prize share: 1/2. Life.
Jun 4, 2004 · Harry Martinson: Catching the dewdrop, reflecting the cosmos. by Ulf Larsson* Introduction. In October 1974 it was announced that the Nobel Prize in Literature for that year had been awarded to Harry Martinson and Eyvind Johnson. In the pages of several Swedish newspapers, the announcement provoked indignant reactions.
Harry Martinson (born May 6, 1904, Jämshög, Swed.—died Feb. 11, 1978, Stockholm) was a Swedish novelist and poet who was the first self-taught, working-class writer to be elected to the Swedish Academy (1949). With Eyvind Johnson he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1974.
Harry Martinson died in 1978. From Nobel Lectures, Literature 1968-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Sture Allén, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993 This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel.
Harry Martinson, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
Harry Martinson is first and foremost a great poet, with the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature as testimony to his calibre and standing. His lyric poetry is love d by the Swedish people.
Mar 29, 2021 · The aim of this study was to explore the unconscious dimensions of suicide as conveyed by the Swedish writer Harry Martinson, who took his life in 1978, four years after having received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 – February 11, 1978) was a Swedish sailor, author and poet. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974, "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.", together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson .
Feb 12, 1978 · Harry Edmund Martinson, the Swedish poet and novelist who shared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1974 with Eyvind Johnson, his novelist colleague and countryman, died yesterday in...
