Artur Lundkvist

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Artur Lundkvist 1952

Artur Nils Lundkvist (born March 3, 1906 in Hagstad, Perstorp municipality , † December 11, 1991 in Solna ) was a Swedish writer , poet and literary critic . He had been a member of the Svenska Academies since 1968 and married the writer Maria Wine from 1936 .

Life

Lundkvist was already interested in literature as a child. He read a lot and often went to the school library. At first he only finished the six-year elementary school, but later graduated from the adult education center in Stockholm . Lundkvist wanted to become a writer from an early age and sent his work to various publishers and newspaper offices. Some of these early works were accepted and rewarded by them.

When he moved to Stockholm in 1926, he came into contact with other young writers who were either already known such as Harry Martinson , Ivar Lo-Johansson , Karin Boye , Sven Stolpe and Eyvind Johnson or who were just trying to make a name for themselves. In 1928 Lundkvist made his debut with the volume of poetry Glöd (German Glut ). His goals were to renew the language and create a new cross-border literary genre. The result was a special interest in contemporary art, especially surrealism , which was expressed in his books on Goya and Bosch . In 1929 he published the anthology of the same name , which contained modernist poetry and prose , as part of the modernist team of writers Fem unga (German The Young Five ) . Fem unga consisted of Lundkvist, Erik Asklund , Josef Kjellgren , Gustav Sandgren and Harry Martinson.

Lundkvist was very productive. In addition to poetry and travelogues, he wrote historical novels and short stories , a total of around 90 books and several hundred articles in newspapers and magazines. His works have been translated into over 30 languages. As an influential member of the Swedish Academy and its Nobel Prize Committee, he played an important role for many years in drawing international attention to unknown talented authors from home and abroad. He promoted mainly French and Spanish-speaking writers such as Pablo Neruda , Gabriel García Márquez , Claude Simon and Camilo José Cela , who owe their Nobel Prize to him. Self-taught , he learned to read and speak with the help of dictionaries, English, Spanish and French, and translated and reviewed works by these writers from Spain , Latin America and South Africa . He was also an employee of Stockholms-Tidningen , Dagens Nyheter , the cultural magazine Ord och Bild and the magazine Bonniers Litterära Magasin . With his wife, the meanwhile important poet traveled around the world, including India , Egypt , Spain and South America . Literary works resulted from all trips. The Agadir collection of poems reflects the shared experiences during the severe earthquake in Agadir in 1960 .

Artur Lundkvist was a declared opponent of the Cold War and campaigned for good relations with the Eastern Bloc countries . In 1947, together with Werner Aspenström, he published a commemorative publication commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Russian Revolution in the magazine Tredje ståndpunkte (The Third Standpoint) , combined with a homage to Stalin . At times he was active in the Sweden-GDR friendship society and in the Swedish Peace Committee, the Swedish section of the World Peace Council . In 1950 he was appointed deputy spokesman in the World Peace Council.

He lived most of his life in Solna. Posthumously named a park behind his house after him.

Works (selection)

  • Glöd , 1928 (poetry)
  • Jordisk prosa , 1930
  • Svart stad , 1930
  • Vit man , 1932
  • Negerkust , 1933 (travel report)
  • Floderna flyter mot havet , 1934
  • Nattens broar , 1936
  • Sirensång , 1937
  • Eldtema , 1939
  • Icarus' flykt , 1939 (essays)
  • Korsväg , 1942 (collection of poems)
  • Skinn över sten , 1947 (poetry)
  • Fotspår i vattnet , 1949
  • Indiabrand , 1950
  • Vallmo från Tashkent , 1952
  • Malinga , 1952
  • Liv som gräs , 1953
  • Darunga, eller Varginnans spår , 1954
  • The förvandlade draken , 1955
  • Vindingevals , 1956
  • The call of the wilderness (original title: Vildmarkens lockelse ), 1962
  • Så lever Cuba , 1965
  • Självportraitt av en drömmare med öppna ögon , 1966
  • Snapphanens liv och död , 1968
  • Himlens vilja , 1970
  • A tree with fish: poems 1928-1969 , 1972
  • Livsälskare, svartmålare: en fantasi om Goya , 1974
  • Krigarens dict , 1976
  • Skrivet mot vinden , 1983
  • Färdas i drömmen och föreställningen , 1984

Prizes and awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Artur Lundkvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Literary Biography on (Nils) Artur Lundkvist , accessed March 16, 2011
  2. ↑ The mirror 15/1992 , accessed 16 March 2011
personal data
SURNAME Lundkvist, Artur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lundkvist, Artur Nils (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer, poet and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagstad, Perstorp municipality
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1991
Place of death Solna