Author
Par Lagerkvist
May 23, 1891 – July 11, 1974 · Sweden
Poet, Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter, Autobiographer, Writer
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
8
Peak rank
#14
Biography
- Born
- May 23, 1891 · Växjö
- Died
- July 11, 1974 · Danderyd
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Swedish
- Education
- Uppsala University
Awards & Honours
- 1928Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize
- 1941honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg
- 1945Bellman Prize
- 1951Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1956Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris
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