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Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968)

Author of Dikter

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As others have observed, Ekelof is a poet who deserves much wider recognition: "Ekelof is a poet of surprising stature, one of the masters of modern poetry, yet little known in America" (LJ). Contributing to his obscurity outside Sweden is that few writers of his eminence are more difficult to show more characterize, for the poetry that began to appear in 1932 was an extremely personal, evolving investigation of human consciousness and culture. For Ekelof, a twentieth-century mystic, all things, people, and ideas form a complex interdependent unity; the past is in the present, and reality for the poet is his changing inner visions. The strength and genuineness of Ekelof's often bleak voice won him immense popularity in Sweden as well as almost all Scandinavian literary awards. In his late works, Diwan over the Prince of Emgion (1965) and The Tale of Fatuhmeh (1966), Ekelof expertly drew from medieval Greek and Middle Eastern literature to create a mystical and visionary search, while and by means of suffering, for essential human experience. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Gunnar Ekelöf

Dikter (1988) 56 copies
Samlade dikter (2004) 39 copies
Guide to the Underworld (1980) 34 copies
Dikter : 1965-1968 (1976) 17 copies
A Molna Elegy (1960) 16 copies
Dikter och prosastycken (1990) 14 copies
Sagan om Fatumeh : [dikter] (2011) 14 copies
Selected Poems (1972) 13 copies
En självbiografi (2007) 13 copies
Strountes (1966) 12 copies
Blandade kort : essäer (2013) 11 copies
Trilogia (1965) 10 copies
Opus incertum : [dikter] (1959) 10 copies
Dikter : [1927-1962] (1999) 9 copies
Färjesång (2002) 8 copies
Non Serviam (1999) 8 copies
Lägga patience : essäer (2013) 6 copies
Skrifter Tankesamling (1993) 4 copies
Brevet till Maj Sandman (1989) 3 copies
Commedia dell'arte (1984) 3 copies
I Do Best Alone at Night. (1968) 3 copies
Om hösten 3 copies
Brev 1916-1968 (1989) 3 copies
Utflykter 3 copies
Brev från Gunnar Ekelöf (1991) 2 copies
Dedikation 2 copies
Epätasaiset runot (1981) 2 copies
Samlade dikter I-II (2016) 2 copies
Laat op aarde. Gedichten (1975) 2 copies
Sent på jorden 2 copies
Ivan Aguéli 2 copies
Gunnar Ekelöf (2017) 2 copies
Runoja 1 copy
Skrifter Register (1993) 1 copy
Dikter (1983) 1 copy
Rocks (2003) 1 copy

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Birthdate
1907-09-15
Date of death
1968-03-16
Gender
male
Nationality
Sweden
Birthplace
Stockholm, Sweden
Place of death
Sigtuna, Sweden
Occupations
poet
essayist
Organizations
Svenska Akademien (stol 18)
Awards and honors
Swedish Royal Academy (1958)

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”säger 1 februari [hans sista år] om värken i axeln: ’som om den vore genomsållad av stora hål som efter stora hagel, så att fingrarna kan mötas tvärs igenom’ – ’som ett klipprev i vilket det funnes alla möjliga djur som bodde i hålor’ – ” (s. 291) Verkligheten bet sig fast som en terrier i smalbenet, och Gunnar skrev och skrev. Tack, Gunnar, för att du skrev. – Boken i sig är en samling fragment, och först undrade jag om jag kanske borde sätta mig mer i hans författarskap innan jag läser denna, men faktiskt så är jag nöjd över att så inte skedde. Udda att få lära känna någon på detta vis, så att säga inifrån och ut. De här fragmenten och breven kommer att ringa i öronen när jag nu börjar systematiskt beta av hans ordinarie skrifter.… (more)
 
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