Verner von Heidenstam
Swedish poet, novelist and laureate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1] He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912.[2] His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
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Born | Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1859-07-06)6 July 1859 Olshammar, Sweden |
Died | 20 May 1940(1940-05-20) (aged 80) Övralid, Sweden |
Occupation | Poet, novelist |
Nationality | Swedish |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1916 |
Spouse | Emilia Uggla (m. 1880, d. 1893); Olga Wiberg (m. 1893, div.); Greta Sjöberg (m. 1900, div.) |
Relatives | Gustaf von Heidenstam (father) |
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