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...
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1974 Nobel Prize in Literature (section Eyvind Johnson)
1974 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded jointly to Swedish authors Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the...
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and film actor Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), Swedish novelist and short story writer Eyvind Kang (born 1971), composer and violist Eyvind Lambi, Norwegian...
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execution have attracted the attention of writers Alexandre Dumas père, Eyvind Johnson, Aldous Huxley and the playwright John Whiting, filmmaker Ken Russell...
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parallels to Odysseus' ten years of wandering. Return to Ithaca (1946) by Eyvind Johnson is a more realistic retelling of the events that adds a deeper psychological...
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Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members...
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Karlfeldt in 1931, Pär Lagerkvist in 1951, and the shared prize to Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson in 1974. Selma Lagerlöf was elected a member of...
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Dreams of Roses and Fire (category Novels by Eyvind Johnson)
(Swedish: Drömmar om rosor och eld) is a novel by the Swedish author Eyvind Johnson published in 1949. Set in 1600s France, it is based on the events known...
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Return to Ithaca (novel) (category Novels by Eyvind Johnson)
lit. 'The Surge of the Shores') is a 1946 novel by Swedish author Eyvind Johnson. It is based on the story of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca after...
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the book was based upon Dreams of Roses and Fire — a 1949 novel by Eyvind Johnson based on the same events. Mother Joan of the Angels — a 1961 Polish...
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