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Österling around 1920.

Anders Johan Österling (born April 13, 1884 in Helsingborg , † December 13, 1981 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish poet, writer and journalist.

Life

Anders Österling graduated from high school in Lund in 1904 and then also studied in Lund. From 1909 to 1919 he was a librarian at Lund University Library , from 1919 he was a full-time journalist and lived in Stockholm. Also in 1919 he was elected a member of the Swedish Academy , whose permanent secretary he was from 1941 to 1964. In this capacity he had a great influence on the choice of the Nobel Prize for Literature .

meaning

In his first collections of poetry, Anders Österling was strongly influenced by German and French. But he soon found his own style: describing nature and people, often based on motifs from his native Skåne , and the change of the seasons as an image of transience. Österling was like his colleague Erik Axel Karlfeldt in that he too made his native landscape the starting point for his poetry. In contrast to Karlfeldt, however, Österling had a more sober, restrained style. His poetry is often about beauty, affirmation of life against the background of dark experiences and human values. His best-known poem Ales stenar from the collection of poems Tonen från havet (1933) describes the famous ship setting Ales stenar by Kåseberga near Ystad in a sensitive and poetic way . Anders Österling belonged to the last generation of poets who began to write before the breakthrough of modernity .

Anders Österling was also an important translator of poetry from English, French, German and Danish. In addition, Anders Österling made a name for himself as a literary critic and cultural journalist.

Works

  • Preludier (Preludes, 1904)
  • Offering cranes (sacrificial wreaths, 1905)
  • Nattens roaster (Voices of the Night, 1906)
  • Hälsningar (greetings, 1907)
  • Årets visor (Songs of the Year, 1907)
  • Döden incognito (Death incognito, 1908)
  • Norrlandsresan (Journey to Norrland, 1908)
  • Bäckahästen (The Bäckapferd, 1909)
  • Männniskor och landskap (People and Landscapes, 1910)
  • Blommande träd 1907-1909 (Blooming trees 1907-1909, 1910)
  • Minuter och Sekunder (minutes and seconds, 1912)
  • Fränder och främlingar (Relatives and Strangers, 1912)
  • Facklor i stormen (Torches in the Storm, 1913)
  • Tidsstämningar (Zeitstimmen, 1916)
  • Sånger i krig (Songs in War, 1917)
  • Idyllernas bok (Book of Idyls , 1917)
  • Dagens gärning (deed of the day, 1921)
  • De sju strängar (The Seven Strings, 1922)
  • Jordens heder (Honor the Earth, 1927)
  • Tonen från havet (The Sounds of the Sea, 1933)
  • Skånska utflykter ( Skåne excursions, 1934)
  • Horisonter (Horizons, 1939)
  • Årens flykt (Escape of the Years, 1947)
  • En diktkrans (A wreath of poems , 1961)
  • Vårens löv ochhöstens (Leaves of Spring and Autumn, 1963)
  • Minnets vägar (Paths of Memory, 1967)
  • Sent i livet: dikter (Late in Life: Poems, 1970)
  • Long to Italy (Longing for Italy, 1971)
  • Ögonblick: dicter 1971-1978 (moment: poems 1971-1978)

literature

  • Bernt Olsson, Ingemar Algulin: Litteraturens historia i Sverige . 4th edition. Norstedt, Stockholm 1995, ISBN 91-1-943632-7 .
  • Göran Hägg: Den svenska literaturhistorien . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 91-46-16928-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Osterling, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Österling, Anders Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsingborg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1981
Place of death Stockholm