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Göran Tunström
Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his '' Juloratoriet'' (The Christmas Oratorio) was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public. He participated in the Oslo International Poetry Festival. He was married to artist Lena Cronqvist, and was the father of theatre and film director Linus Tunström. Biography Tunström, the son of a pastor was raised in Sunne, Värmland County. He was twelve years old when his father died. Tunström made his debut as a writer with the poetry collection ''Inringning'' published in 1958 when he was 21 years old. Inspired by the example of Norwegian author Axel Jensen Tunström moved to the Greek island of Hydra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Berömda Män Som Varit I Sunne
''Berömda män som varit i Sunne'' (lit. Famous Men Who Have Visited Sunne) is a 1998 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström about Sunne. It won the August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ... in 1998. Plot The book is about ''Stellan Jonsson Lök'', a merchant who is commissioned to write a text for an anniversary book. The text should be about famous men who have been to Sunne. Lök, who is also an autograph hunter, begins his work with great enthusiasm, but the more he digs, he soon finds the people behind these famous men. Among other things, the astronaut Ed Odin who comes back to his hometown to bury his mother, the artist Pihlgren who can no longer paint, the priest Cederblom who no longer believes. All the research also leads to Lök starting to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Prize Winners
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Nordic Council Literature Prize Winners
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Selma Lagerlöf Prize Winners
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Swedish-language Writers
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Writers From Värmland
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People From Grums Municipality
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1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Lagerlöf Prize
The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was founded by the Sunne Municipality in 1983 and has been awarded annually since 1984. Recipients receive 100,000 Swedish kronor. The awards ceremony takes place in Sunne every August 13 and is in honor of Selma Lagerlöf. List of recipients *1984 – Birgitta Trotzig *1985 – Sara Lidman *1986 – Astrid Lindgren *1987 – Göran Tunström *1988 – Lars Ahlin *1989 – Kerstin Ekman *1990 – Lars Andersson *1991 – Lars Gyllensten *1992 – Tove Jansson *1993 – Georg Henrik von Wright *1994 – Stig Claesson *1995 – Ulla Isaksson *1996 – Rolf Edberg *1997 – Per Olov Enquist *1998 – Göran Palm *1999 – Kristina Lugn *2000 – Torgny Lindgren *2001 – Agneta Pleijel *2002 – Peter Englund *2003 – P. C. Jersild *2004 – Sigrid Combüchen *2005 – Birgitta Stenber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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