Per Egil Törnqvist (19 December 1932,

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– 9 March 2015,

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at the

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and an academic

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. Earlier (1961) he was in charge of the drama division in the comparative literature program at

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."Drama Survey", by Bolingbroke Society

/ref> From 1969 to 1997 he was professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Amsterdam. His daughter is artist

Marit Törnqvist Marit Törnqvist (born January 19, 1964) is a Swedish-Dutch author, artist and illustrator. She was best known for her illustrations in the books of Astrid Lindgren. Life and career Marit Törnqvist is the daughter of Egil Törnqvist, a profess ...

Books

*(1968) "Drama of Souls: Studies in O'Neill's Super-naturalistic Technique." *(1970) "Drama of Souls", , ''

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'' *(1982) "Strindbergian Drama" *(1991) "Transposing Drama: Studies In Representation", *(1993) "Filmdiktaren Ingmar Bergman" *(1995) "Ibsen: A Doll's House (Plays in Production)", , ''

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'' *(1999) "Ibsen, Strindberg and the Intimate Theater: Studies in TV Presentation" *(2003) "Bergman's Muses: Aesthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and Radio" *(2004) "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata" *(2004) "Eugene O'Neill: A Playwright's Theatre" *(2008) "I Bergmans regi", Amsterdam Contributions to Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 5 *(2008) (with Birgitta Steene) "Strindberg on Drama and Theatre" *(2008) "Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs", , ''

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'' *(2018) (with Erik Mattsson), ”Strindberg’s Gustav Vasa and the Performance of Swedish Identity – from Celebration to Introspective Critique”, in ''Reconsidering National Plays in Europe''. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tornquist, Egil 1932 births 2015 deaths Swedish literary critics Scandinavian studies scholars Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Swedish expatriates in the Netherlands People from Uppsala Burials at Uppsala old cemetery