Lars Gustafsson (1) (1936–2016)
Author of The Death of a Beekeeper
For other authors named Lars Gustafsson, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Lars Gustafsson was born in Västerås, Sweden on May 17, 1936. He was a poet and novelist. He published his first novel, Vägvila: Ett Mysteriespel På Prosa (Rest on the Way: A Mystery Play in Prose), at the age of 21. His other novels include The Death of a Beekeeper and Dr. Wasser's Recept. His show more collections of poetry include The Stillness of the World before Bach, Elegies and Other Poems, A Time in Xanadu, and Selected Poems. He received numerous literary awards including the Prix International Charles Veillon des Essais in 1983, the Heinrich Steffens Preis in 1986, Una Vita per la Litteratura in 1989, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for poetry in 1994, and the Thomas Mann Prize in 2015 for his work and its influence on German culture. He taught philosophy and creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin from 1983 to 2006. He died after a short illness on April 3, 2016 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Lars Gustafsson foto by Modernista
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Works by Lars Gustafsson
Sprache und Lüge. Drei sprachphilosophische Extremisten: Friedrich Nietzsche, Alexander Bryan Johnson, Fritz Mauthner (1979) 10 copies
Bröderna : en allegorisk berättelse 8 copies
Ballongfararna : dikter 4 copies
En privatmans dikter 3 copies
Nio brev om romanen 2 copies
Ny svensk berättarkonst 2 copies
Två maktspel 1 copy
Associated Works
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe (1994) — Contributor — 377 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1936-05-17
- Date of death
- 2016-04-03
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Västerås, Sweden
- Places of residence
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Education
- Uppsala University
- Occupations
- professor
Philosoph - Organizations
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Bayrische Akademie der schönen Künste, Abteilung Literatur, korrespondierendes Mitglied - Awards and honors
- Aftonbladets litteraturpris (1962)
Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris (1979)
Carl Emil Englund-priset (1983)
Prix International Charles Veillon des Essais (1983)
Heinrich Steffens Preis (1986)
Övralidspriset (1987) (show all 17)
De Nios stora pris (1990)
Sveriges Radios Lyrikpris (1990)
Bellmanpriset (1990)
Årets svensk i världen (1993)
Pilotpriset (1996)
Premio Grinzane Cavour (1996)
Aniara-priset (2003)
Tomas Tranströmerpriset (2006)
Litteris et Artibus (2006)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow of Poetry (1994)
Zbigniew Herbert Literary Award (2016)
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Statistics
- Works
- 106
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 1,697
- Popularity
- #15,123
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 22
- ISBNs
- 339
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 2