Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish...

1974 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded jointly to Swedish authors Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the...

and film actor Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), Swedish novelist and short story writer Eyvind Kang (born 1971), composer and violist Eyvind Lambi, Norwegian...

parallels to Odysseus' ten years of wandering. Return to Ithaca (1946) by Eyvind Johnson is a more realistic retelling of the events that adds a deeper psychological...

execution have attracted the attention of writers Alexandre Dumas père, Eyvind Johnson, Aldous Huxley and the playwright John Whiting, filmmaker Ken Russell...

the book was based upon Dreams of Roses and Fire — a 1949 novel by Eyvind Johnson based on the same events. Mother Joan of the Angels — a 1961 Polish...

Quasimodo Andrić Seferis Sholokhov Agnon Solzhenitsyn Böll White Pinter Johnson Martinson Montale Aleixandre Singer Elytis Miłosz Canetti Golding Seifert...

(Swedish: Drömmar om rosor och eld) is a novel by the Swedish author Eyvind Johnson published in 1949. Set in 1600s France, it is based on the events known...

Hewish Paul Flory Albert Claude; Christian de Duve; George Emil Palade Eyvind Johnson; Harry Martinson Seán MacBride; Eisaku Satō Gunnar Myrdal; Friedrich...

lit. 'The Surge of the Shores') is a 1946 novel by Swedish author Eyvind Johnson. It is based on the story of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca after...

Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members...

Karlfeldt in 1931, Pär Lagerkvist in 1951, and the shared prize to Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson in 1974. Selma Lagerlöf was elected a member of...

20th century. The film was based upon an autobiographical novel by Eyvind Johnson. For the film he won the Guldbagge Award for Best Director at the 4th...

group of non-academic, self-taught writers like Ivar Lo-Johansson, Eyvind Johnson, Jan Fridegård and Harry Martinson appeared writing about the working-class...

1936) is widely read. Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson developed the Swedish autobiograpichal novel with works such as Johnson's novel series Romanen...

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly Sachs, Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer. World-famous Nordic children's...

Ronald Syme, Carl Zuckmayer, André Schwarz-Bart, Josep Carner and Eyvind Johnson (awarded in 1974). British novelist E. M. Forster earned the highest...

huge number of historical novels has been written. Nobel laureates Eyvind Johnson and Pär Lagerkvist wrote acclaimed historical novels such as Return...

Nominator(s) 1 Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)  Yugoslavia novel, short story, poetry Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) Harry Martinson (1904–1978) Association of Writers of Yugoslavia...

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly Sachs, Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson, Tomas Tranströmer, and Jon Fosse. In medieval times...

Gracq (1910–2007)  France novel, poetry, drama, literary criticism Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) 19 Robert Graves (1895–1985)  United Kingdom history, novel...

him in 1961, Eyvind Johnson and Athanasius Trypanis Trypanis both nominated in 1962 and it was the 1963 nomination again by Eyvind Johnson that won him...

Krilon is a trilogy of novels by the Swedish author Eyvind Johnson, Grupp Krilon ("Group Krilon", 1941), Krilons resa ("Krilon's journey", 1942), Krilon...

Wiesel, Physiology or Medicine, 1981 Bertil Ohlin, Economics, 1977 Eyvind Johnson, Literature, 1974 Harry Martinson, Literature, 1974 Gunnar Myrdal, Economics...

authors with notable heritage in Stockholm were the Nobel Prize laureate Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) and the popular poet and composer Evert Taube (1890–1976)...

Fabricius, ice hockey player Stefan Gunnarsson, singer, piano player Eyvind Johnson, author, Nobel Prize winner in literature 1974 Lennart Klockare, politician...

in 1995 and the Eyvind Johnson literature prize in 2010. "Bengt Pohjanen". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. "Eyvind Johnson-priset till Pohjanen"...

Holmsen (1906–1992) Tove Jansson (1914–2001) P.C. Jersild (born 1935) Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) Harry Järv (1921–2009) Mons Kallentoft (born 1968) Theodor...

predictable, too popular". The 1974 prize was awarded to the Swedish authors Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson: both themselves members of the Swedish Academy...

Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902) August 25 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1900)...