Bertil Malmberg

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Bertil Frans Harald Malmberg (13 August 1889 - 11 February 1958) was a Swedish writer, poet, and actor. He

Bertil Malmberg
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Born(1889-08-13)13 August 1889
Died11 February 1958(1958-02-11) (aged 68)
NationalitySwedish

was born in Härnösand [1] to Teodor Malmberg and Hanna Roman. Malmberg is the 1956 winner of the Dobloug Prize, a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction.

He has published five books of poetry and has translated a volume of Schiller. [1] From 1917 to 1928, he lived in Germany. In 1936, he published one of the first accounts in Swedish of a concentration camp. [1]

He died in Stockholm.

Works

Cultural offices
Preceded by Swedish Academy,
Seat No.18

1953-1958
Succeeded by

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bertil Malmberg". Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved 2022-12-05.