Eyvind Johnson

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

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:for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.

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

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Johnson was born in N?sberg village, Edefors parish Boden, Norbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up.

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His most noted works include H?r har du ditt liv! (Here is Your Life!) (1935), Str?ndernas Svall (Return to Ithaca) (1946) and Hans N?des Tid (The Days of his Grace) (1960).

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July 29: July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining....

1900: :For the film, see 1900 (film)....

August 25: August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining....

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