Harry Martinson
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Born | Jämshög, Sweden | 6 May 1904
Died | 11 February 1978 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 73)
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Eyvind Johnson) |
Spouses | Moa Martinson (1929–1940) Ingrid Lindcrantz (1942–1978) |
Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish author, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".[1]
Martinson killed himself at a Stockholm hospital by cutting his stomach open with a pair of scissors on 11 February 1978.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974". Nobel Foundation.
- ↑ Hansson, Anita (31 August 2000). "Martinson begick harakiri" [Martinson committed hara-kiri]. wwwc.aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ Gyllensten, Lars (2000). Minnen, bara minnen [Memories, just memories] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. ISBN 91-0-057140-7. SELIBR 7150260.