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Harry Martinson

1904 - 1978

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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". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Martinson is the 398th most popular writer (up from 569th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 81st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Writer.

Harry Martinson is most famous for his poetry, which is often characterized by its use of the Swedish language and its focus on the natural world.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Harry Martinson ranks 398 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Éluard, Octavio Paz, Enheduanna, Joseph Roth, Christopher Marlowe, and Giosuè Carducci. After him are Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Frank Herbert, William Wordsworth, Verner von Heidenstam, Ghalib, and Graham Greene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Harry Martinson ranks 17. Before him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, B. F. Skinner, Ève Curie, George Gamow, Johnny Weissmuller, and Pavel Cherenkov. After him are Louis Néel, Graham Greene, Alexei Kosygin, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Karl Brandt, and Odilo Globočnik. Among people deceased in 1978, Harry Martinson ranks 13. Before him are Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, and Robert Shaw. After him are Ramón Mercader, Adolf Dassler, Vincent du Vigneaud, Jack L. Warner, Anastas Mikoyan, and Ricardo Zamora.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harry Martinson ranks 60 out of 1,879. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Hilma af Klint (1862), Gideon Sundback (1880), Max von Sydow (1929), and Gunnar Nordahl (1921). After him are Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), Björn Borg (1956), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Anita Ekberg (1931), Kai Siegbahn (1918), and Theodor Svedberg (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Harry Martinson ranks 7. Before him are Astrid Lindgren (1907), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), August Strindberg (1849), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), and Eyvind Johnson (1900). After him are Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), Ellen Key (1849), and Maj Sjöwall (1935).

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