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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]
- 6 May 1904, Jämshög, Sweden
- Moa Martinson (1929–1940), Ingrid Lindcrantz (1942–1978)
- 11 February 1978 (aged 73), Stockholm, Sweden
May 2, 2024 · Harry Martinson 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. Martinson spent his childhood in a series of foster homes and his youth and
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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 Stockholm at ...
Feb 12, 1978 · Harry E. Martinson, 73, Swedish author and poet who was corecipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1974, died yesterday in Stockholm after a long illness.
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.
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- February 11, 1978
- May 6, 1904
Harry Martinson on a site from his childhood province, Blekinge, Sweden. (submitted by Ingemar Lönnbom) Harry Martinson Biography (submitted by Marc) writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos. (submitted by derwaer) Harry Martinson – Biography (submitted by SW) Dreaming About Portland, Oregon (submitted by iz)
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The Poet. 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. Furthermore, he created two works that fairly rapidly liberated themselves from their author, indeed from between the covers of the books in which he ...
