Göran Schildt (11 March 1917 – 24 January 2009) was a
Finnish Swede author and art historian. He was the son of the author
Runar Schildt.
Life and work
Schildt is perhaps best known for his travelogues with the sailboat ''Daphne''. He made the decision to become a Mediterranean sailor after being seriously injured during the
Finnish Winter War and forced to spend a year and a half in hospital. "Then I thought that if I can do this, I will realize my dream: I will get a boat and sail around all corners of the Mediterranean," he later said. The architect
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...
was one of the guests at ''Daphne'' and their lifelong friendship was the basis for Schildt's masterpiece, the three-part biography of Aalto.
Schildt went to school at the in
Helsinki. He received his doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on the painter
Cezanne and also studied languages at the
Sorbonne in Paris. He moved to Sweden in 1945 and was an employee of
Svenska Dagbladet
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
1951–1990. He was offered an art professorship at the
University of Helsinki, but chose to continue as a writer.
Göran Schildt lived in
Villa Skeppet
Villa Skeppet is a home designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for his friends Christine and Göran Schildt in Ekenäs, Finland
Ekenäs (; fi, Tammisaari ) is a town and former municipality in Finland that comprised the former m ...
in
Ekenäs in Finland and in ''Villa Kolkis'' on the island of
Leros in Greece. He was married in 1941–1964 to the glass artist Mona Morales-Schildt and from 1966 to Christine Schildt, born Werthmann (1940–).
Publications
Schildt has written at least 30 publications in Swedish.
Awards and recognition
Person has received the following awards and recognition:
* 1950 –
* 1952 –
* 1981 –
Svenska Akademiens Finlandspris
The Finland Prize ( sv, Finlandspriset) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy since 1966. It is awarded to somebody that has done important activities for the Swedish-speaking culture in Finland. The amount was 100,000 crown ...
* 1991 –
* 2000 – Member of
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
References
External links
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1917 births
2009 deaths
Writers from Helsinki
Finnish writers in Swedish
Writers from Uusimaa
20th-century Finnish novelists
Swedish-speaking Finns