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Pär Fabian Lagerkvist

Born May 23, 1891(1891-05-23)
Växjö, Sweden
Died July 11, 1974 (aged 83)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, short story writer
Nationality Swedish
Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature
1951

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (May 23, 1891—July 11, 1974) was a Swedish author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Växjö (vɛkːɧøː is a city in Småland in southern Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January

Lagerkvist wrote poems, plays, novels, stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view. Among his central themes was the fundamental question of good and evil, which he examined through such figures as the man who was freed instead of Jesus, Barabbas, and the wandering Jew Ahasuerus. In the Christian narrative of the Passion of Jesus, Barabbas, according to some texts Jesus bar-Abbas, ( Aramaic Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread in Europe in the thirteenth century and became a fixture of Christian mythology As a moralist, he used religious motifs and figures from the Christian tradition without following the doctrines of the Church. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings

Biography and works

Lagerkvist was born in Växjö (Småland). Växjö (vɛkːɧøː is a city in Småland in southern Sweden. is a historical province ( landskap) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne Halland,

Lagerkvist received a traditional religious education which strongly influenced all his works, although his passion for religion mellowed in his later years under the influence of modern scientific ideas, which eventually led him to break with the religion of his forefathers.

In his early years Lagerkvist supported modernist and radicalist views, as shown by his manifesto Ordkonst och bildkonst (word art and picture art) (1913) and the plays Den Svåre Stunden ("The Difficult Hour"). He was also influenced by socialism.

One of the author's earliest works is Ångest (Anguish, 1916), a violent and disillusioned collection of poems. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes His anguish was derived from his fear of death, the World War, and personal crisis. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He tried to explore how a person can find a meaningful life in a world where a war can kill millions for very little reason. "Anguish, anguish is my heritage / the wound of my throat / the cry of my heart in the world. " ("Anguish", 1916. ) "Love is nothing. Anguish is everything / the anguish of living. " ("Love is nothing", 1916. ) This pessimism, however, slowly faded, as testified by his subsequent works, Det eviga leendet (The Eternal Smile, 1920), the autobiographical novel Gäst hos verkligheten (Guest of Reality, 1925) and the prose monologue Det besegrade livet (The triumph of Life, 1927), in which the faith in man is predominant.

Ten years later Hjärtats sånger (Songs of the Heart) (1926) appeared. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This collection of poems is slightly less desperate in its tone and expresses the strive to come to peace with life itself that was to become so prominent in his later works. In Hjärtats sånger he wrote: "Only you, my bosom, is left, / you who can suffer, / you who can feel the depth of pain / but not complain. " His prose novella Bödeln, later adapted for the stage, (The Hangman, 1933; play, 1934) shows his growing concern with the totalitarianism and brutality that began to sweep across Europe in the years prior to World War II. A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe Political systems where a State regulates nearly every aspect of public and private World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Criticism against Fascism is also present in the play Mannen utan själ (The Man Without a Soul, 1936).

Lagerkvist's 1944 novel Dvärgen (The Dwarf), a cautionary tale about evil, was the first to bring him international attention. The Dwarf (Dvärgen 1944) is a novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It is considered his most important novel and the most artistically innovative (reference This was followed in 1949 by the unusual play Låt människan leva (Let Man Live).

Barabbas (1950), which was immediately hailed as a masterwork (by among others fellow Nobel laureate André Gide) is probably Lagerkvist's most famous work. Barabbas (1950 is a novel by Pär Lagerkvist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1951 Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The novel is based on a minor Biblical story. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Jesus of Nazareth was sentenced to die by the Roman authorities immediately before the Jewish Passover, when it was customary for the Romans to release someone convicted of a capital offense. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Nazareth (ˈnæzərəθ (נָצְרַת Hebrew Natz'rat or Natzeret, الناصرة an-Nāṣira or an-Naseriyye) is the capital and largest Passover ( Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח Pesach, Tiberian: pɛsaħ Israeli: Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish When the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate offers to free Jesus or Barabbas, a convicted thief and murderer, a Jerusalem mob demands the release of Barabbas, who spends the rest of his life trying to come to terms with why he was chosen to live.

The novel was filmed in 1962, with Anthony Quinn playing the title role. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation Anthony Quinn ( April 21, 1915 &ndash

Lagerkvist died in Stockholm. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the

Works

References

Preceded by
Verner von Heidenstam		 Swedish Academy,
Seat No.8
1940–1974		 Succeeded by
Östen Sjöstrand
The Dwarf (Dvärgen 1944) is a novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It is considered his most important novel and the most artistically innovative (reference Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam ( July 6, 1859 &ndash May 20, 1940) was a Swedish poet and novellist a laureate of the The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Seat 1 Anders Johan von Höpken, 1786-89 Nils Philip Gyldenstolpe, 1789-1810 Johan Olof Wallin, 1810-39 Anders Fryxell Östen Sjöstrand, born June 16 1925 in Gothenburg, dead May 13 2006, was a Swedish Poet, Writer
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