Göran Sonnevi

Göran Sonnevi (born in 1939 in Lund) is a Swedish poet and translator. Sonnevi grew up in Halmstad; he studied literature at university in Lund, and he also has librarian training. He has lived for many years in Järfälla outside Stockholm.

Sonnevi is one of Sweden's most successful poets, and in 2006 won The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for his collection "Oceanen" (the Ocean). He has also won many other Swedish literature prizes.

Bibliography

*"Outfört" (1961)
*"Abstrakta dikter" (1963)
*"ingrepp-modeller" (1965)
*"och nu!" (1967)
*"Det gäller oss. Dikter 1959-1968" (1969)
*"Det måste gå" (1970)
*"Det oavslutade språket" (1972)
*"Dikter 1959-1973" (1974)
*"Det omöjliga" (1975)
*"Språk; Verktyg; Eld" (1979)
*"Dikter 1959-1972", rev. utg. (1981)
*"Små klanger; en röst" (1981)
*"Dikter utan ordning" (1983)
*"Oavslutade dikter" (1987)
*"Trädet" (1991)
*"Mozarts tredje hjärna" (1996)
*"Klangernas bok" (1998)
*"Oceanen" (2005)

External links

* [http://www.norden.org/nr/pris/lit_pris/2006/uk/intervju.asp Göran Sonnevi – the poet who won the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 2006]