Bengt Anderberg (17 April 1920 – 24 September 2008) was a Swedish poet, novelist, editor and playwright.

Biography

Bengt Nikolas Anderberg was born in the neighborhood of Lundby in

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, Sweden. From 1947 he was a regular critic for ''Bonniers litterära magasin'' and from 1950 for the cultural department of the newspaper ''

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'' over a 48-year career. He was also a frequent collaborator in diverse subjects which appeared in ''Expressen''. Anderberg translated many collections of poems and plays and was a prolific translator of drama, both for radio and for the stage. He made his literary debut in 1945 with the short story collection ''En kväll om våren''. His novel ''Kain'' from 1948 led to a fierce debate. He was editor-in-chief and also among the contributors to the 14 volume ''Kärlek'', a series of erotic short story anthologies published between 1965-1970 by the Malmö-based book publisher Forsbergs förlag. The first two had editions in English at

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in 1969 as ''Love 1 and 2, Erotic Tales From Sweden and Denmark''. He was awarded the

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(1946), Boklotteriets stipendier till översättare (1951),

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 ...

(1985) and the Elsa Thulins översättarpris (1998). In 2014, the Bengt Anderberg Society was formed, which will work for the spread of the author's texts. It claims to be the only literary company based in Gothenburg.

Personal life

He was married from 1947 to artist and ceramist Astrid Anderberg (1927-2010). Together with his wife, he lived for many years on the Danish island of

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. He died at

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in 2008.

References

1920 births 2008 deaths People from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish novelists Dobloug Prize winners Swedish children's writers Swedish male poets Swedish male novelists Swedish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish poets 20th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish male writers {{Sweden-writer-stub