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    Erik Axel KarlfeldtSwedish poet
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  2. Erik Axel Karlfeldt - Wikipedia

    • Erik Axel Karlfeldt (20 July 1864 – 8 April 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously after he had been nominated by Nathan Söderblom, member of the Swedish Academy. Karlfeldt had been offered the award already in 1919 but refused to accept it… See more

    Biography

    Karlfeldt was born into a farmer's family in Karlbo, in the province of Dalarna. Initially, his name was Erik Axel Eriksson, but he … See more

    Works in English

    • Modern Swedish Poetry Part 1 (1929) – (trans. by C. D. Locock)
    • Arcadia Borealis (1938) – (trans. by Charles Wharton Stork)
    • The North! To the North! (2001) – (trans. by Judith Moffett, five poets including Karlfeldt)… See more

    BornErik Axel Eriksson · 20 July 1864 · Karlbo, Sweden
    Died8 April 1931 (aged 66) · Stockholm, Sweden
    Occupationpoet
     
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