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Eyvind Johnson: Swedish writer (1900–1976).
Born in Boden (died at age 76).
5 awards including Dobloug Prize.
Eyvind Johnson has 1 credits in our database.
Filmography (1)
AWARDS (5)
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Dobloug Prize
WON
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Nobel Prize in Literature
WON
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Nordic Council Literature Prize
WON
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Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize
WON
Biography
Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
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