Eyvind Johnson

Infobox writer
name = Eyvind Johnson


imagesize = 150px
birthdate = Birth date|1900|7|29|mf=y
birthplace = Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden
deathdate = death date and age|1976|8|25|1900|7|29|mf=y
deathplace = Stockholm, Sweden
nationality = Swedish
awards = awd|Nobel Prize in Literature|1974 (shared with Harry Martinson)
website = http://www.eyvindjohnson.org

Eyvind Johnson, (July 29, 1900—August 25, 1976) was a Swedish author. 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:"for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom".

The choice for Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson in 1974 was controversial as both were on the Nobel panel themselves and Graham Greene, Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov were the favoured candidates that year.

Johnson was born in Näsberg village, Edefors parish Boden, Norrbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up.

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).

Bibliography

* "De fyra främlingarna" (1924)
* "Timans och rättfärdigheten" (1925)
* "Stad i mörker" (1927)
* "Stad i ljus" (1928)
* "Minnas" (1928)
* "Kommentar till ett stjärnfall" (1929)
* "Avsked till Hamlet" (1930)
* "Natten är här" (1932)
* "Bobinack" (1932)
* "Regn i gryningen" (1933)
* "Romanen om Olof":
# "Nu var det 1914" (1934)
# "Här har du ditt liv!" (1935)
# "Se dig inte om!" (1936)
# "Slutspel i ungdomen" (1937)
* "Nattövning" (1938)
* "Den trygga världen" (1940)
* "Soldatens återkomst" (1940)
* "Krilonromanen":
# "Grupp Krilon" (1941)
# "Krilons resa" (1942)
# "Krilon själv" (1943)
* "Sju liv" (1944)
* "Strändernas svall" (1946, för teater 1948)
* "Dagbok från Schweiz" (1949)
* "Drömmar om rosor och eld" (1949)
* "Lägg undan solen" (1951)
* "Romantisk berättelse" (1953)
* "Tidens gång" (1955)
* "Vinterresa i Norrbotten" (1955)
* "Molnen över Metapontion" (1957)
* "Vägar över Metaponto - en resedagbok" (1959)
* "Hans Nådes tid" (1960) (ingår i Världsbiblioteket)
* "Spår förbi Kolonos - en berättelse" (1961)
* "Livsdagen lång" (1964)
* "Stunder, vågor - anteckningar, berättelser" (1965)
* "Favel ensam" (1968)
* "Resa i hösten 1921" (1973)
* "Några steg mot tystnaden" (1973)

External links

* [http://www.eyvindjohnson.org/ Eyvind Johnson Society]