Sven Delblanc

Sven Delblanc studied at Uppsala University. The recorded working language is Swedish. Employment is recorded with Uppsala University. Works named in the authority record are Samuels bok. Distinctions recorded are Nordic Council Literature Prize, August Prize, Litteris et Artibus and Aftonbladet Literary Award.

• Name — Sven Delblanc • Birth Name — Sven Delblanc • Born — 26 May 1931 • Birthplace — Swan River, Manitoba, Canada • Died — 15 December 1992 • Place of death — Sunnersta, Sweden • Resting Place — Hammarby kyrkogård • Occupation — associate professor of literature, academic, author, translator • Education — Uppsala University • Period — 1962–1993 • Genres — Prose • Notable Works — Samuels bok

Born in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, Deblanc died in Gottsunda Parish, Uppsala, and is buried in Hammarby kyrkogård, Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden. Delblanc was an associate professor in the history of literature at Uppsala University from 1965. He received the Aftonbladet Literary Award in 1965. Before his death he was pointed out as the anonymous writer Bo Balderson. He was born in Canada but grew up near Vagnhärad, Sweden. His parents divorced and the father, Siegfried Axel Herman Delblanc, remarried. His paternal grandfather, Friedrich Hermann Delblanc, a bookmaker in Stockholm, was from Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Sven Delblanc's maternal relatives were from Väse in Värmland in the west of Sweden. His maternal grandmother came from Norway. His maternal grandfather, Axel Nordfält, was the inspiration for the character Samuel in Samuels bok (1981). The Swedish television series Hedebyborna (1978) is based on Delblanc's series of novels Åminne (book) (1970), Stenfågel (1973), Vinteride (1974) and Stadsporten (1976).

• 1968 – Lekar i kvinnohagen (manuscript) • 1978 – Hedebyborna (manuscript) • 1986 – Prästkappan (book) • 1990 – Kära farmor (manuscript) • 1992 – Maskeraden (manuscript)

• Kastrater (1977)