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Eyvind Johnson. Eyvind Olov Verner Johnson (* 29. Juli 1900 in Svartbjörnsbyn außerhalb von Boden, Schweden; † 25. August 1976 in Stockholm) war ein schwedischer Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger von 1974.
Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature [1] 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 .
Eyvind Johnson died in 1976. From Nobel Lectures, Literature 1968-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Sture Allén, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993 This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures
Eyvind Johnson was born on the outskirts of Boden, Sweden. He grew up poor. He left the parental home at age 15 and supported himself as a log-driver, sawmill worker and movie theater usher. In 1919 he moved to Stockholm, where he wrote articles for leftist newspapers. During World War II he took a strong stand against Nazism. Johnson lived in ...
Eyvind Johnson (born July 29, 1900, Svartbjörnsbyn, near Boden, Sweden—died Aug. 25, 1976, Stockholm) was one of the few working-class novelists to bring not only new themes and points of view to Swedish literature but also to experiment with new forms and techniques of the most advanced kind.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6. Okt. 1974 · Eyvind Johnson und Harry Martinson, die beiden (zusammen 144 Jahre) alten Schweden, die letzte Woche für ihr umfangreiches, teils realistisches… Zum Inhalt springen DER SPIEGEL Kultur
6. Nov. 2014 · Ein «Stück seines Herzens» blieb im Tessin Der schwedische Autor Eyvind Johnson erhielt 1974 den Literaturnobelpreis. In Brissago schrieb er einen Roman über Hexen- und Sexwahn in Frankreich.
