Eyvind Johnson, (July 29, 1900- August 25, 1976) was a Swedishauthor. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 - February 11, 1978) is a Swedish author and poet from Blechingia. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
Johnson was born in Näsberg village, Edefors parish Boden, Norbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up. Boden is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. ... Norrbotten County, or Norrbottens län, or North Bothnia is a County or län in the extreme north of Sweden. ...
His most noted works include Här har du ditt liv! (Here is Your Life!) (1935), Strändernas Svall (Return to Ithaca) (1946) and Hans Nådes Tid (The Days of his Grace) (1960).
The choice for EyvindJohnson and Harry Martinson in 1974 was very controversial as both were on the Nobel panel themselves and Graham Greene, Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov were the favored candidates that year.
Johnson was born in Näsberg village, Edefors parish Boden, Norbotten.
EyvindJohnson, född 29 juli1900 i Svartbjörnsbyn nära Boden, Norrbottens län (Norrbotten), död 25 augusti 1976 i Stockholm, svensk författare, ledamot av Svenska Akademien från 1957.
Eyvind växte själv upp i Björkelund utanför Boden i Norrbottens län där hans barndomshem finns bevarat.
Genom hela EyvindJohnsons verk löper ett starkt engagemang för den enskilda människans frihet parat med en insikt om hennes beroende av omvärlden.
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