Göran Sonnevi
Göran Sonnevi (born October 2, 1939 in Lund in Skåne ) is a Swedish poet and translator . He grew up in Halmstad and studied literature at Lund University .
He made his lyrical debut in 1961 with the band Outfört (Unexecuted). This was followed by a number of other collections, and he became known as the translator of Ezra Pound and Hans Magnus Enzensberger , whose works he translated into Swedish.
Göran Sonnevi is considered one of the most important representatives of contemporary Swedish poetry. In addition to other awards, he received the Swedish Academy Nordic Award in 2005 and the Nordic Council Literature Award in 2006 for his Oceanen (The Ocean) collection.
Works
- Outfört (1961)
- Abstract dikter (1963)
- ingrepp-modeller (1965)
- oh well! (1967)
- Det gäller oss. Dicters 1959-1968 (1969)
- Det måste gå (1970)
- Det oavslutade språket (1972)
- Dikter 1959-1973 (1974)
- Det omöjliga (1975)
- Språk; Verktyg; Eld (1979)
- Dicter 1959-1972 , rev. utg. (1981)
- Små sounded; en roast (1981)
- Dikter utan ordning (1983)
- Oavslutade dictators (1987)
- Trädet (1991)
- Mozart's tredje hjärna (1996)
- Klangernas bok (1998)
- Oceans (2005)
- The house on fire. Selected poems 1991-2005. Translated from the Swedish by Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke. Edition Lyrik Kabinett at Hanser (2009)
Awards
- Sveriges Radios Lyrikpris (1968)
- Carl Emil Englund-priset (1971)
- Aftonbladets litteraturpris (1972)
- Aniara Prize (1975)
- Gustaf Fröding scholarship (1975)
- Bellman Prize (1979, 2016)
- Svenska Dagbladets literaturpris (1979)
- Gerard Bonnier Poetry Prize (1982)
- Samfundet De Nio Grand Prix (1988)
- Gerard Bonnier Prize (1997)
- Oestrabopriset (1997)
- Ferlinpriset (1998)
- Erik Lindegren-priset (1998)
- Svenska Academies nordiska pris (2005)
- Nordic Council Literature Prize (2006)
- Bellman Prize (2016)
Web links
Commons : Göran Sonnevi - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Göran Sonnevi in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekblad och av Sonnevi Prisas academies. (No longer available online.) Sydsvenskan, December 20, 2016, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 23, 2016 (Swedish). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sonnevi, Göran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lund , Sweden |