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Harry Martinson

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Swedish writer (1904–1978)

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Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet, novelist, and science fiction writer. Born Harry Edmund Martinson, and later Harry Edmund Olofsson, in Blekinge in 1904, he began his work period in 1927. He wrote in Swedish and was a member of the Swedish Academy. His notable works include *Aniara*, *Den förlorado jaguaren*, *Kap Farväl!*, *Resor utan mål*, and *Midsommardalen*.

Martinson received the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as the Dobloug Prize, Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize, and the Bellman Prize. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was married to Moa Martinson. He died in Stockholm in 1978 from exsanguination following seppuku.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1904
Died
1978
Works
78

Top works

  • אניארה
  • Den förlorado jaguaren
  • Kap Farväl!
  • Resor utan mål
  • Midsommardalen

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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". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy. He…

Known for

  • This Land is Full of Life — Narrator1941

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1974

    “for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos”

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Harry
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of death
Stockholm
Spouse
Moa Martinson
Occupation
science fiction writer
Languages spoken
Swedish
Field of work
poetry
Official website
www.harrymartinson.org
Image
Harry Martinson.jpg
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Commons category
Harry Martinson
date of birth
1904-01-01
date of death
1978-01-01
manner of death
seppuku
described by source
Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature
Commons Creator page
Harry Martinson
ethnic group
Swedes
cause of death
exsanguination
writing language
Swedish
start of work period
1927-00-00
birth name
Harry Edmund Olofsson
name in native language
Harry Martinson
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Encyclopedic overview

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". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy.

He has been called "the great reformer of 20th-century Swedish poetry, the most original of the writers called 'proletarian'." One of his most noted works is the poetic cycle Aniara, which is a story of the spacecraft Aniara that during a journey through space loses its course and subsequently floats on without destination. The book was published in 1956 and became an opera in 1959 composed by Karl-Birger Blomdahl. The cycle has been described as "an epic story of man's fragility and folly".

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