Lars Gyllensten

His first written work, published under the pseudonym Jan Wictor in 1946, was a collection of poetry by Gyllensten and Torgny Greitz entitled Camera Obscura, a straight-faced parody of Swedish modernist 1940s poetry. The Swedish Academy biography refers to his "dialectic" prose trilogy Moderna myter ('Modern myths', 1949), Det blå skeppet ('The blue ship', 1950) and Barnabok ('Child book', 1952) as the "real" beginning of his authorship. His last work was published in 2004. He left the Karolinska Institute to become a full-time author in 1973. He has been described as a Swedish counterpart to Thomas Mann and Albert Camus. Few of his works have been translated into English, French and German. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1966, was permanent secretary of the Academy from 1977 to 1986, served on the Swedish Academy's Nobel Prize committee from 1968 to 1987, became a member of the Nobel Foundation in 1979 (serving as chairman from 1987 to 1993), and was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. Gyllensten left the Swedish Academy in 1989 as a result of its failure to support Salman Rushdie following the fatwa calling for Rushdie's death because of his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. According to the rules of the Academy, Gyllensten remained a passive member for the remainder of his life.

Lars Gyllensten studied at Karolinska Institutet and Norra Real. The recorded working language is Swedish. Employment is recorded with Karolinska Institutet. Positions recorded include seat 14 of the Swedish Academy and Swedish Academy permanent secretary. Distinctions recorded are Selma Lagerlöf Prize, Dobloug Prize, Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize and Kellgren Award.

• Name — Lars Gyllensten • Birth Name — Lars Johan Wictor Gyllensten • Born — 12 November 1921 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 25 May 2006 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Resting Place — Norra begravningsplatsen • Occupation — author, physician • Language — Swedish

He was employed by Karolinska Institutet. Recorded positions include seat 14 of the Swedish Academy and Swedish Academy permanent secretary. He belonged to Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

Lars Gyllensten is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as writer, university teacher, physician and pathologist.