Martinson, Harry (Edmund)
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born May 6, 1904, Jämshög, Swed.
died Feb. 11, 1978, Stockholm
Swedish novelist and poet.
He spent his childhood in foster homes and his young adulthood as a merchant seaman, labourer, and vagrant. He described his early experiences in two autobiographical novels,
Flowering Nettle (1935) and
The Way Out (1936), and in travel sketches. Among his best-known works are the poetry collection
Trade Wind (1945), the
novel The Road (1948), and the epic poem
Aniara (1956). In 1949 he became the first self-taught working-class writer ever elected to the Swedish Academy. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize for Literature with Eyvind Johnson.
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Martinson,Harry Edmund — Mar·tin·son (märʹtn sôn , tēn ), Harry Edmund. 1904 1978. Swedish writer whose works include the proletarian novel The Road (1948) and Aniara (1956), an epic poem about space travel. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize for literature. * * * … Universalium
Martinson, Harry (Edmund) — (6 may. 1904, Jämshög, Suecia–11 feb. 1978, Estocolmo). Novelista y poeta sueco. Pasó gran parte de su infancia en casas de adopción y su juventud como marino mercante, obrero y vagabundo. Describió sus experiencias de joven en dos novelas… … Enciclopedia Universal
Harry Edmund Martinson — Harry Martinson (links) und Ivar Lo Johansson Harry Edmund Martinson (* 6. Mai 1904 in Jämshög, Blekinge; † 11. Februar 1978 in Stockholm) war ein schwedischer Schriftsteller. Für „ein Werk, das den Tautropfen einfängt und das Weltall spiegelt“… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Martinson, Harry — ▪ Swedish author in full Harry Edmund Martinson born May 6, 1904, Jämshög, Swed. died Feb. 11, 1978, Stockholm Swedish novelist and poet who was the first self taught, working class writer to be elected to the Swedish Academy (1949).… … Universalium
Literaturnobelpreis 1974: Eyvind Johnson — Harry Edmund Martinson — Der Schwede Johnson wurde für seine im Dienst der Freiheit stehende Erzählkunst, sein Landsmann Martinson für »ein Werk, das den Tautropfen einfängt und das Weltall spiegelt«, geehrt. Biografien Eyvind Johnson, * Svartbjörnsbyn… … Universal-Lexikon
Harry Martinson — Harry Edmund Martinson (Jämshög, 1904 Estocolmo, 1978). Escritor y poeta sueco. Recibió, compartido con su compatriota Eyvind Johnson, el Premio Nobel de literatura en 1974 por una obra poética capaz de abarcar desde una gota de rocío a todo el… … Wikipedia Español
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