Pär Kristian Rådström (29 August, 1925 – 29 August, 1963) was a Swedish writer and journalist. He also wrote popular songs and was a radio personality.
His novel, ''Ärans portar'' (''The Gates of Glory''), published in 1954, was his first major success.
Biography
Rådström was the son of the writer Karl Johan Rådström and the younger brother of the mathematician
Hans Rådström
Hans Vilhem Rådström (1919–1970) was a Swedish mathematician who worked on complex analysis, continuous groups, convex sets, set-valued analysis, and game theory. From 1952, he was ''lektor'' (assistant professor) at Stockholm Univers ...
(1919–1970). He was friends with authors
Lars Forssell
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell (14 January 192826 July 2007) was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was married from 1951 ...
and
Stig Claesson,
and the subject of Claesson's book, ''Om vänskap funnes''.
Rådström was married to Annemarie Rådström, a journalist and theater director, and their son is the poet and playwright,
Niklas Rådström.
Bibliography
*''Men inga blommor vissnade'' (1946)
*''Stjärnan under kavajslaget'' (1949)
*''Tiden väntar inte'' (1952)
*''Greg Bengtsson & kärleken'' (1953)
*''Ärans portar'' (1954)
*''Paris – en kärleksroman'' (1955)
*''Ballong till månen'' (1958)
*''Sommargästerna'' (1960)
*''Översten'' (1961)
*''Mordet. En sörmländsk herrgårdsroman (1962)
*''Den korta resan'' (1963)
Screenplay
*''Kvinnan som försvann'' (1949)
References
External links
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Pär Rådströmat
''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''
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1925 births
1963 deaths
Swedish writers
Journalists from Stockholm
20th-century Swedish journalists