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Eyvind Johnson

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Eyvind Johnson

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Swedish writer (1900–1976)

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Eyvind Johnson was a male author whose professional career spanned from 1924 until his death in 1976. He was born on July 29, 1900, and died on August 25, 1976. His literary output includes works such as *Den trygga världen*, *Stad i mörker*, *De fyra främlingarna*, *Ett vårtal 1951*, and *Dagbok frȧn Schweiz, 1947-1949*.

Johnson received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings are recognized in the Nobel Literature collection. While Open Library records 87 works associated with his name, Crossref lists five works. Additionally, he is referenced by 674 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1900
Died
1976
Works
87

Top works

  • Den trygga världen
  • Stad i mörker
  • De fyra främlingarna
  • Ett vårtal 1951
  • Dagbok frȧn Schweiz, 1947-1949

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1911-05-08
Active to
1938-08-16
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
36

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eyvind+Johnson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

    · 2016 · cited 32,805x

  2. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,254x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,608x

  4. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

    · 1972 · cited 18,231x

  5. Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)

    · 2008 · cited 17,851x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • “Man bör tänka sig själv som en person som finns i framtiden och kan bedöma – fördöma eller gilla – det jag som handlar idag, det jag som håller stånd eller sviker.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1974

    “for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom”

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Encyclopedic overview

Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eyvind Johnson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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