Jesper Svenbro
Jesper Svenbro (born 10 March 1944) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy.
Jesper Svenbro

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- Name
- Jesper Svenbro
- Born
- 10 March 1944
- Birthplace
- Landskrona, Sweden
- Birth Name
- Bengt Åke Jesper Svenbro
- Education
- Lund University
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, classical philologist, hellenist and literary scholar.
- Fields
- classical philology and ancient Greek literature.
- Honours
- Illis quorum, Aniara Award, Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award, Émile Girardeau Prize, Tegnérpriset and Sveriges Radio's Poetry Prize.
- Languages
- French and Swedish.
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Jesper Svenbro studied at Lund University. The recorded working language is French and Swedish. The field of work recorded is classical philology and ancient Greek literature. Employment is recorded with National Center for Scientific Research. Positions recorded include seat 8 of the Swedish Academy. Distinctions recorded are Illis quorum, Aniara Award, Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award and Émile Girardeau Prize.

Jesper Svenbro at Göteborg Book Fair 2011.
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• Name — Jesper Svenbro • Born — 10 March 1944 • Birthplace — Landskrona, Sweden • Birth Name — Bengt Åke Jesper Svenbro • Language — Swedish • Education — Lund University
Biography
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Svenbro was born in Landskrona, Scania, Sweden. He was educated at Lund University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1976 for his dissertation La parole et le marbre: aux origines de la poétique grecque, on the origin of ancient Greek poetics. Other works include Phrasikleia: anthropologie de la lecture en Grèce ancienne (1988). He is director of research at Centre Louis Gernet (CRCSA) in Paris. In 2006, he was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, succeeding the poet Östen Sjöstrand in seat 8. His poetry has been translated into English by the Swedish critic Lars-Håkan Svensson and the American poet John Matthias, and appearing, among other venues, in the journal Samizdat and the volume The Three-Toed Gull: Selected Poems, published by Northwestern University Press. In 2010, Svenbro was awarded the Illis quorum in the eighth size by the Swedish government.
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Jesper Svenbro is recorded as having received Illis quorum, Aniara Award and Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award.
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Jesper Svenbro born at Landskrona.
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- 1.Lepidopterology auf eNotes (englisch), abgerufen am 28. November 2012
- 2.Jan Arnald: Jesper Svenbro (Homepage der Svenska Akademien)
- 3.Biografie beim Waldgut Verlag, abgerufen am 28. November 2012
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Jesper Svenbro worked in classical philology and ancient Greek literature. He was employed by National Center for Scientific Research. Recorded position is seat 8 of the Swedish Academy. He belonged to Swedish Academy. Svenbro received Illis quorum, Aniara Award, Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award, Émile Girardeau Prize, Tegnérpriset and Sveriges Radio's Poetry Prize.
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