Harry Martinson
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Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".[1] The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy.[2]
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Born | (1904-05-06)6 May 1904 Jämshög, Sweden |
Died | 11 February 1978(1978-02-11) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Eyvind Johnson) |
Spouses | Moa Martinson (1929–1940) Ingrid Lindcrantz (1942–1978) |
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He has been called "the great reformer of 20th-century Swedish poetry, the most original of the writers called 'proletarian'."[3]