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Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II. Biography [ edit ] Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby , Uppsala County .
Stig Halvard Dagerman, under en tid Jansson, ursprungligen Andersson, född 5 oktober 1923 i Älvkarleby, Uppsala län, död 4 november 1954 i Enebyberg, Danderyd, Stockholms län, var en svensk författare och journalist.
Nov 16, 2023 · Diego Courchay chronicles his quest to find the typewriter that belonged to Stig Dagerman, a literary phenomenon who took his own life at 31. He interviews Lo Dagerman, his daughter, and explores his books, his reportage, and his influence on other writers.
Sep 19, 2023 · Learn about the life, legacy and impact of Stig Dagerman, a Swedish writer who explored the possibilities of freedom and the human condition across genres and formats. Discover the events, publications and projects that mark his centenary in 2023.
Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. In the course of five years, 1945-49, he enjoyed phenomenal success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a book about postwar Germany, five plays, hundreds of poems and satirical verses, several essays of note and a large amount of journalism.
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Stig Dagerman was a Swedish short-story writer, novelist, and playwright whose works, showing the influence of William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and Dagerman’s older compatriot, Eyvind Johnson, have been held to express a sense of Existentialist anguish.
In 1945, Stig Dagerman is twenty-two and publishes his first novel: Ormen ( The Snake ). It is an anti-militaristic story with fear as its main theme, channeling the war-time zeitgeist. Positive reviews earn him the reputation as a brilliant young writer of great promise. He leaves Arbetaren to write full-time.
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