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Stig Dagerman (October 5, 1923, Älvkarleby - November 4, 1954 Enebyberg, near Stockholm) was a Swedish author and journalist. October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ...
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Älvkarleby is a Municipality in Uppsala County, in east central Sweden. ...
November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Enebyberg, Sweden, was founded in the beginning of the 1900s and became a municipal community in 1914. ...
(IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ...
Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. He grew up with his grandparents in Älvkarleby because his father could not afford to, and did not have the possibility to, raise him. The mother had given birth to Stig on the farm but left the farm, and Stig, after some months to never come back. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ...
Dagerman did, contrary to popular myth, describe his childhood as the happiest period of his life. Already as a teenager he became attracted to syndicalism and joined the Syndicalist Youth Federation. He came to preserve his ideals all his life. Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. ...
He showed his talent as a writer and editor in the youth federation and became editor for their newspaper, Storm. He would later begin to write chronicals in Arbetaren, another newspaper in the syndicalist movement. Arbetaren (The Worker) is a Swedish weekly newspaper. ...
Only 22 years old he made his debut with Ormen (The Snake, trans. Laurie Thompson), a novel. The novel was a loosely connected tale with horror as the main theme. The critics were excited and he earned a reputation as a brilliant author. Many regard Dagerman as a proponent of post-war generation of writers, shocked by the terrific events and depicting themes of deep anguish, alienation and fear [1] The critics compared Dagerman's first works to those of Kafka, and parallels to existentialism were found. Dagerman's another masterpiece, Nattens lekar, however, represents a turn towards more realistic plot. [2] Laurie Thompson is a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English. ...
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...
Franz Kafka approximately 1917 Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 in Prague - June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. ...
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He left his job as at Arbetaren and became full-time author. In the next four years he would produce a massive amount of literature. His second novel, De dömdas ö (Island of the Doomed, trans. Laurie Thompson) was released in 1946. In 1946-47 he chronicled the situation of post-war Germany and the hardship of ordinary Germans during that murky era. These chronicles were later published as Tysk Höst (German Autumn). Laurie Thompson is a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
One of his most famous short stories is Att döda ett barn (To kill a child). He was an avid soccer fan and perhaps his most seminal work was the aptly named 1 000 Years in God's House. This article is in need of attention. ...
Dagerman committed suicide in 1954 after years of depression and mental problems, possibly including schizophrenia.
Stig Dagerman prize (50,000 Swedish kronor) has been given for remarkable literary works since 1996. [1]. This article is about the Swedish unit of currency. ...
References
Main works - The Snake (Ormen, 1945) ;
- The Island of the Doomed (De dömdas ö, 1946) ;
- The Condemned Man (Den dödsdömde ,1946), théâtre ;
- German Autumn (Tysk höst, 1947) ; non-fiction account on post-war Germany
- The Games of Night (Nattens lekar, 1948), a collection of short stories;
- A Burnt Child (Bränt Barn, 1948) ;
- The Shadow of Mart (Skuggan av Mart, 1948)
- Wedding Worries (Bröllopsbesvär, 1949) ;
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