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Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020) was a Swedish writer, playwright, screenwriter, and critic who worked in prose, drama, film, and television. Born in Sjön, Hjoggböle, Bureå, Västerbotten, Sweden, he was educated at Uppsala University. Enquist wrote in Swedish and also spoke German and English. He worked in Berlin and was employed by Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
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*. Enquist received the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize, the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award, and the Aniara Award. He was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature, the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Additionally, he participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934
- Died
- 2020
- Works
- 83
Top works
- Dramatik
- De vijfde winter van de magnetiseur
- De reis van de voorganger
- Das Buch von Blanche und Marie
- Großvater und die Schmuggler
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Sjön, Hjoggböle, Bureå, Västerbotten, Sweden
Per Olov "P.O." Enquist was a Swedish author, playwright and director. His novel "Baltutlämningen/ A Baltic Tragedy" was filmed by Johan Bergenstråhle in 1970.
Known for
- An Image Maker — Himself2001
- I lodjurets timma — Self1989
- The Guldbagge Awards — Self1981
- The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Best Screenplay winner1981
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 159
- Total plays
- 6,932
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Per+Olov+Enquist">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,548x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- <b>lmerTest</b>
Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models
· 2017 · cited 20,824x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,111x
- Molecular portraits of human breast tumours
· 2000 · cited 12,731x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1934-09-23 ) 23 September 1934, Hjoggböle, Sweden
- Died
- 25 April 2020 (2020-04-25) (aged 85), Vaxholm , Sweden
- Occupation
- Journalist, playwright and novelist
- Language
- Swedish
- Period
- 1961–2020
- Notable work
- The Visit of the Royal Physician
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- Field of work
- essay
- Official website
- www.perolovenquist.nl
- Image
- PO Enquist.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- P.O. Enquist
- date of birth
- 1934-09-23
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- writing language
- Swedish
- date of death
- 2020-04-25
- P12674
- Martin Lindauer
- web feed URL
- www.amboanthos.nl/auteur/per-olov-enquist/feed
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Enquist presenting himself at the Gothenburg bookfair in 2012.
Per Olov Enquist (23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020), also known as P. O. Enquist, was a Swedish author. He worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Per Olov Enquist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.