Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish writer and author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.Johnson was born Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson in Svartbjörnsbyn village in Överluleå parish, near the town of Boden in Norrbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up.His most noted works include Här har du ditt liv! (Here's Your Life) (1935), Strändernas svall (Return to Ithaca) (1946) and Hans Nådes Tid (The Days of his Grace) (1960).
Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1974.
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Received the Nobel prize in literature in 1974 "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom". He shared the prize with Harry Martinson.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stängda dörrar
1981
TV Movie translation
Vinterdag 1914
1978
TV Movie short story
Here Is Your Life
1966
novel "Romanen om Olof"
4 x 4
1965
segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet"
Smutsiga händer
1963
TV Movie translation
Den respektfulla skökan
1960/I
TV Movie translation
Stängda dörrar
1959
TV Movie screenplay
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gamla Stan
1931
Short
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1974
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize
"for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" (Nobel Prize tied ... More