Kjell Espmark

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Kjell Espmark (* 19 February 1930 in Strömsund , Sweden ) is a Swedish poet , Roman author and literary historian .

Life

Espmark studied literature at Stockholm University and began writing his first poems during this time. He wrote his first novel in the 1980s. From 1978 to 1995 he was Professor of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University.

Espmark has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1981 and was also a member of the Nobel Committee, of which he was president between 1988 and 2004.

Awards

Works

Espmark's literary work includes thirteen volumes of poetry, ten novels and a collection of short stories. He also wrote monographs on Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer and an autobiography. So far, the following have been published in German:

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature. Principles and ratings behind the decisions . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988, ISBN 978-3-525012161 .
  • The living are without graves . Kleinheinrich Buch- und Kunstverlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 3-930754-38-X .
  • Vintergata. Epifanier - Milky Ways. Epiphanies . Translated from the Swedish by Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke . Kleinheinrich Buch- und Kunstverlag, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-930754-59-5 .

literature

  • Robert Fulton: Five Swedish poets: Kjell Espmark, Lennart Sjögren, Eva Ström, Staffan Söderblom, Werner Aspenström . Norvik Press, Norwich, 1997, ISBN 978-1870041348

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation of Kjell Espmark ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the pages of the Nobel Prize Academy @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.svenskaakademien.se
  2. ↑ Members of the Swedish Nobel Prize Committee ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.svenskaakademien.se
personal data
SURNAME Espmark, Kjell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish poet, novelist and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Strömsund