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Par Fabian Lagerkvist, recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Vaxjo, Sweden. He was the son of peasants. He was educated at the University of Uppasla, but he left without taking a degree.
Lagerkvist published his first book, MANNISKOR, when he was 31. He achieved literary success with his 1944 publication DVARGEN (THE DWARF). He gained international recognition with BARABBAS which was published in 1950.
Par Fabian Lagerkvist died in Stockholm, Sweden in 1974.
CHRONOLOGY
1981 He was born in Vaxjo, Sweden. (May 23)
1912 MANNISKOR
1913 TVA SAGOR OM LIVET; ORDKONST OCH BILDKONST (LITERARY AND PICTORIAL ART); He moved to Paris.
1914 MOTIV
1915 JARN OCH MANNISKOR
1916 ANGEST
1917 DEN SISTA MANNISKAN
1918 TEATER (THEATER); DEN SVARE STUNDEN I-III (THE DIFFICULT HOUR)
1919 KAOS; HIMLENS HEMLIGHET (THE SECRET OF HEAVEN)
1920 DET EVIGA LEENDET (THE ETERNAL SMILE)
1921 DEN LYCKLIGES VAG
1923 DEN OSYNLIGE
1924 ONDA SAGOR
1925 VALDA SIDOR; GAST HOS VERKLIGHETEN (GUEST OF REALITY)
1926 HJARTATS SANGER
1927 DET BEREGRADE LIVET (THE TRIUMPH OVER LIFE)
1928 HAN SOM FICK LEVA SITT LIVE (THE MAN WHO LIVED HIS LIFE OVER)
1930 KAMPANDE ANDE; ONDA SAGOR; THE MASQUERADE OF SOULS; He moved to Lidingo, Sweden.
1932 VID LAGERELD; SKRIFTER; KONUNGEN (THE KING)
1933 BODELN (HANGMAN)
1934 DEN KNUTNA NAVEN
1935 I DEN TIDEN
1936 MANNEN UTAN SJAL (THE MAN WITHOUT A SOUL)
1937 GENIUS
1939 SEGER I MORKRET; DEN BEFRIADE MANNISKAN
1940 SANG OCH STRID; He was elected to the Swedish Academy.
1941 DIKTER; MIDSOMMARDROM I FATTIGHUSET
1942 HEMMET OCH STJARNAN
1944 DVARGEN (THE DWARF)
1945 PROSA
1946 DRAMATIK
1947 DE VISES STEN (THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE)
1949 LAT MANNISKAN LEVA (LET MAN LIVE); PROSA
1950 BARABBAS
1951 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1953 AFTONLAND (EVENING LAND)
1954 THE ETERNAL SMILE AND OTHER STORIES
1955 MARRIAGE AND OTHER STORIES
1956 DRAMATIK; SIBYLLAN (THE SIBYL)
1960 AHASVERUS DOD (THE DEATH OF AHASUERUS)
1962 PILGRIM PA HAVET (PILGRIM AT SEA)
1965 DET HELIGA LANDET (THE HOLY LAND); DIKTER
1966 PROSA; MODERN THEATER: SEVEN PLAYS AND AN ESSAY; THE DIFFICULT HOUR I-III; THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
1967 MARIANNE (HEROD AND MARIMNE)
1971 THE ETERNAL SMILE: THREE STORIES
1974 He died in Stockholm, Sweden. (July 11)
1977 ANTECKNAT. UR EFTERLAMNADE DAGBOCKER OCH ANTECKNINGAR
1989 FIVE EARLY WORKS
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