Per Olov Enquist

Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020) was a Swedish screenwriter, playwright, writer, and critic. Born in Sjön, Hjoggböle, Bureå, Västerbotten, he wrote primarily in Swedish and was educated at Uppsala University. He worked for Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and resided in Berlin. His professional fields included prose, drama, film, and television.

Enquist was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature, the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics. His notable works include The Visit of the Royal Physician, Dramatik, De vijfde winter van de magnetiseur, De reis van de voorganger, Das Buch von Blanche und Marie, and Großvater und die Schmuggler. He received the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize, the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award, and the Aniara Award.