Samfundet De Nio (The Nine Society or Society of the Nine) is a Swedish literary society founded on 14 February 1913 in Stockholm by a testamentary donation from writer Lotten von Kraemer. [1] [2] The society has nine members who are elected for life. Its purpose is to promote Swedish literature, peace and women's issues. [3] It mainly presents a number of literary awards. [4] It was started as an alternative to the Swedish Academy and is often compared to its more noted cousin. [5] [6]
Four seats are always held by women and four by men. Seat number one, the chair, alternates between men and women. [7]
Current members: Anna Williams (chair), Nina Burton, Jonas Ellerström, Gunnar Harding, Marie Lundquist, Niklas Rådström, Madeleine Gustafsson, Sara Stridsberg, Johan Svedjedal [7]
Original members: Viktor Almquist (chair), Selma Lagerlöf, Karl Wåhlin, Ellen Key, Erik Hedén, Kerstin Hård af Segerstad, Göran Björkman, Anna-Maria Roos, John Landquist [7]
Some notable members over the years have been Astrid Lindgren, Elin Wägner, Hjalmar Gullberg, Anders Olsson, Gunnel Vallquist, Karin Boye, Selma Lagerlöf, Sara Lidman, and Knut Ahnlund. [7]
The annual publication Vår Tid (Our Time) was published 1916–1925 and 1930. Svensk Litteraturtidskrift ( ISSN 0039-663X) was published from 1938 to 1983. [2] [10] [11] It contained essays, reviews and other texts about Swedish literature. Editors have included Olle Holmberg, Algot Werin and Knut Ahnlund. [12] Samfundet De Nio also published Artes (1975–2005) together with the Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. [13] Since 2003 they publish a literary calendar together with Norstedts Förlag. [6] [7]
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Samfundet De Nio är en litterär akademi som grundades 1913, med syfte att främja skönlitteratur, freds- och kvinnofrågor.[ dead link ]
Samfundet De nio är en litterär akademi med nio ledamöter som valts på livstid. Akademien bildades efter en donation av författaren Lotten von Kraemer 1913 och har till uppgift att dela ut litterära priser.
Utgiven av Samfundet De Nio.
Utgivning: Stockholm : Exp., 1938–1983
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