''Diwan on the Prince of Emgion'' ( sv, Dīwān över Fursten av Emgión) is a 1965 book of poetry by the Swedish writer

Gunnar Ekelöf Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907, in Stockholm – 16 March 1968, in Sigtuna) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958 ...

. It received the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

. In the prize motivation, the jury called the work "a cycle of poems, which in the guise of interpretations of Byzantine songs and myths, finds new and personal symbols for the experiences of the divine and of suffering and love as the basic human condition." It became the first installment in a trilogy, which continued with ''The Tale of Fatumeh'' and ''Guide to the Underworld''.

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1965 poetry books Swedish poetry collections Albert Bonniers Förlag books Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning works {{Poetry-collection-stub

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