Gunnar Ekelöf

Gunnar Ekelöf.

Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf ( pronunciation : [ ˌgɵnːaɹ ˈeːkəløːv ], born September 15, 1907 in Stockholm , † March 16, 1968 in Sigtuna ) was a Swedish writer .

life and work

Ekelöf is counted among the most important Swedish poets of the 20th century. He is sometimes described as the most radical among the poets of the Swedish-speaking modern age. Elements of symbolism and surrealism can be found in his work . In the beginning, he was particularly influenced by French surrealism and the music of Igor Stravinsky . He later developed clearer, more intellectual forms of expression under the impression of Lao-Tse . The late works of the 1960s (the Diwandichtung) take place in the Byzantium of the Middle Ages.

Ekelöf also worked as an art and literary critic. From 1958 he was a member of the Swedish Academy .

Fonts

• sent på jorden , 1932
• Dedication , 1934
• Worry och stjärnan , 1936
• Köp den blind sång , 1938
• Färjesång , 1941 (German "Fährgesang", 2003, ISBN 3-930754-30-4 )
• Promenader , 1941
• Non Serviam , 1945
• Utflykter , 1947
• Om Hösten , 1951
• Strountes , 1955 (German "Unfoug", 2001, ISBN 3-930754-26-6 )
• Blandade kort , 1957
• Opus incertum , 1959
• En Mölna-elegi , 1960
• En natt i Otočac , 1961
• Divan over Fursten av Emgion , 1965 ( Eng . "Divan over the Prince of Emgion", 1991, ISBN 3-926608-67-6 )
• Sagan om Fatumeh , 1966 (German "Das Buch Fatumeh", 1992, ISBN 3-926608-68-4 )
• Vägvisare till underjorden , 1967 (German "Guide to the Underworld", 1995, ISBN 3-926608-80-3 )
• Lägga patience , 1969 (posthumous)
• Score , 1969 (posthumous)
• En självbiografi , 1971 (posthumous)
• En toast , 1973 (posthumous)
• Grotesque , 1981 (posthumous)
• Variationer , 1986 (posthumous)
• Drömmen om India , 1989 (posthumous)
• The heretical Orpheus. Essays Sketches Letters , 1999, ISBN 3-930754-17-7
• En trasig liten ask av trä / A broken wooden box , 2004, ISBN 3-930754-33-9

All volumes are translated by Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke and each has an afterword by Anders Olsson .

literature

• J. Trinkwitz: Studies on the poetics of Gunnar Ekelöfs . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-631-36921-2 .
• Peter Hamm : Article. In: Die Zeit , No. 20/2005
• Anders Olsson : Ekelöfs No: the poetic cosmos of Gunnar Ekelöfs. Buchkunst Kleinheinrich, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-930754-78-6 .
• Conradin Perner : Gunnar Ekelöf's night on the horizon and his encounter with Stéphane Mallarmé. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1974, ISBN 978-3-719006-31-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gunnar Ekelöf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Norbert Lange: Gunnar Ekelöf: Xoanon. Signature magazine, accessed September 12, 2014 .