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Verner von Heidenstam

Verner von Heidenstam
1931 portrait
1931 portrait
BornCarl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam
(1859-07-06)6 July 1859
Olshammar, Sweden
Died20 May 1940(1940-05-20) (aged 80)
Övralid, Sweden
OccupationPoet, novelist
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1916
SpouseEmilia Uggla (m. 1880, d. 1893); Olga Wiberg (m. 1893, d. 1903); Greta Sjöberg (m. 1903, d.1906)
RelativesGustaf von Heidenstam (father)
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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.

  1. ^ Stork, Charles Wharton (1916). "Verner von Heidenstam," The Nation, Vol. CIII, No. 2683, p. 509.
  2. ^ Warme, Lars G. (1996). A History of Swedish Literature. University of Nebraska Press, p. 276.

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