Bo Bergman

He started writing poetry whilst working for the Swedish postal service, his first poetry anthology, Marionettema, was published in 1903. In addition to his postal duties, Bergman also worked as a literary critic for Ord och Bild from 1900 until 1904. He worked for the major newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, and he also served as a theatre critic from 1905 until 1939. Like Söderberg, Bergman's writing was heavily influenced by the decadent movement, in particular the flâneur writings of Charles Baudelaire. Bergman's early poetry is typically decadent and disillusioned, being informed by a determinist view of a changing world in which all value systems and all scientific and metaphysical processes of understanding the universe are meaningless. Marionetterna, which translates as The Marionettes, supposes that the destinies of men are in the hands of a bearded old man in control of their every move. Like Söderberg, Bergman's worldview gave way to a militant brand of humanism in his later works, a reaction against the growing threat of Nazism. Bergman is buried at the Norra begravningsplatsen.

Bo Bergman studied at Uppsala University. The recorded working language is Swedish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm. Positions recorded include seat 12 of the Swedish Academy. Distinctions recorded are Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize and Bellman Prize.

• 1903 - Marionetterna (The Marionettes) • 1908 - En människa (One Man) • 1917 - Elden (The Fire) • 1922 - Livets ögon (The Eyes of Life) • 1939 - Gamla gudar (Old Gods) • 1944 - Riket (The Country) • 1952 - Stunder (Moments) • 1969 - Äventyret (The Adventure)

• 1904 - Drömmen och andra noveller (The Dream, and Other Stories) • 1915 - Skeppet (The Ship)

• 1963 - Det eviga spelet (The Eternal Game)

• 1964 - Trasmattan (The Rag Carpet)

• 1969 - Kära Hjalle – Kära Bo (Brevväxling med Hjalmar Söderberg) (Dear Hjalle, Dear Bo. Correspondence with Hjalmar Söderberg)