Bertil Frans Harald Malmberg (13 August 1889 - 11 February 1958) was a Swedish writer, poet, and actor. He was born in

Härnösand Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of H� ...

to Teodor Malmberg and

Hanna Roman Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a fa ...

. Malmberg is the 1956 winner of the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

, a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. He has published five books of poetry and has translated a volume of Schiller. From 1917 to 1928, he lived in

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. In 1936, he published one of the first accounts in Swedish of a concentration camp. He died in

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Works

*1908 - '' Bränder'' *1916 - ''Atlantis'' *1923 - '' Orfika'' *1924 - ''

Ake and His World Bertil Frans Harald Malmberg (13 August 1889 - 11 February 1958) was a Swedish writer, poet, and actor. He was born in Härnösand to Teodor Malmberg and Hanna Roman. Malmberg is the 1956 winner of the Dobloug Prize, a literature prize awarde ...

'' *1927 - '' Slöjan'' *1929 - '' Vinden'' *1932 - '' Illusionernas värld'' *1936 - '' Tyska intryck'' *1937 - '' Värderingar'' *1942 - '' Excellensen'', dt.: '' Die Exzellenz'' *1947 - '' Under månens fallande båge'' *1948 - '' Men bortom marterpålarna'' *1949 - '' Utan resolution'' *1949 - '' Staden i regnet'' *1950 - '' Med cyklopöga'' *1951 - '' Idealet och livet'' *1956 - '' Förklädda memoarer''

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1889 births 1958 deaths Swedish male actors Dobloug Prize winners Swedish poets Swedish male poets 20th-century Swedish poets Members of the Swedish Academy People from Härnösand 20th-century Swedish male writers {{Sweden-actor-stub