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Eyvind Johnson
July 29, 1900 – August 25, 1976
Swedish writer (1900–1976)
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Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
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- Birthday · July 29
- Anniversary · August 25
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