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Gunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish translator, poet and writer, born in Stockholm on 15 September 1907. He was educated at Uppsala University and was associated with the Art Nouveau and surrealist movements. Ekelöf was a member of the Swedish Academy and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He received the Dobloug Prize, the Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize, the Bellman Prize and the Nordic Council Literature Prize. He was linked to Nelly Sachs. He spoke Swedish and English, and died in Sigtuna on 16 March 1968.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 69
Top works
- Samlade dikter
- 100 år modern fransk dikt från Baudelaire till surrealismen
- Tillgivne Gunnar - i all hast Leif
- Dikter
- Dikter 1965-1968
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1907
- Active to
- 1968
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 44
- Total plays
- 894
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gunnar+Ekel%C3%B6f">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,085x
- Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden markov model: application to complete genomes11Edited by F. Cohen
· 2001 · cited 11,556x
- Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion
· 1982 · cited 10,463x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,232x
- SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions
· 2011 · cited 7,951x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf , ( 1907-09-15 ) 15 September 1907, Stockholm , Sweden
- Died
- 16 March 1968 (1968-03-16) (aged 60), Sigtuna , Sweden
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Swedish
- Period
- 1932–1968
- Literary movement
- Modernism , Surrealism
- Notable works
- Non Serviam Diwan on the Prince of Emgion
- Spouse
- Gunnel Bergström (1932), Gunhild Flodquist (1942–1951), Ingrid Flodquist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gunnar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Place of death
- Sigtuna
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Swedish
- Award
- Bellman Prize
- Movement
- surrealism
- Image
- G Ekelöf (cropped).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1907-09-15
- date of death
- 1968-03-16
- Commons category
- Gunnar Ekelöf
- member of
- Swedish Academy
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- Swedish
- significant person
- Nelly Sachs
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907 – 16 March 1968) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. He won a number of prizes for his poetry.
Life and works
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunnar Ekelöf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.