Östen Sjöstrand
Illustration — Östen Sjöstrand. Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925 in Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975 and was a member of the Academy's Nobel committee between 1979 and 1990.
Östen Sjöstrand
Albert Bonniers förlag: ett familjeföretag 1837-1962: etthundratjugofem år, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1962 · Public domain
- Born
- 1925 · Gothenburg.
- Died
- 2006 · Stockholm.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- linguist · translator · poet
- Honours
- Aftonbladet Literary Award · Eckersteinska litteraturpriset · Bellman Prize
- Languages
- Swedish
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Illustration — Östen Sjöstrand. Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925 in Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975 and was a member of the Academy's Nobel committee between 1979 and 1990.
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Östen Sjöstrand gave his introductory speech in the Swedish Academy about the Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist, who preceded him at the same chair. As a poet he debuted in 1949 with Unio, which was marked by the post-war agony of the Swedish 1940s poetry. He was above all inspired of French poetry. Music was another source of inspiration for Östen Sjöstrand. In cooperation with Sven-Erik Bäck he wrote a pair of operas, including Gästabudet.
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Östen Sjöstrand born at Gothenburg.
2006
Östen Sjöstrand died at Stockholm.
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