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Carl Olof "Olle" Hedberg (31 May 1899 in Norrköping, Sweden – 20 September 1974 in Verveln, Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish author.
Olle Hedberg | |
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 Olle Hedberg in 1957. | |
| Born | Carl Olof Hedberg 31 May 1899 Norrköping, Sweden |
| Died | 20 September 1974 (aged 75) Verveln, Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Notable works | Iris och löjtnantshjärta Ut med blondinerna! Bekänna färg |
| Spouse | Ruth Hedberg |
Hedberg is known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values.[1] Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.
His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist.[2] He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.
Hedberg committed suicide 1974, a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta succumbed to a sudden illness.[3]
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