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{{Short description|Swedish writer (1934–2020)}}
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 | name          = Per Olov Enquist
 | image         = PO Enquist.jpg
 | image_size    = 180px
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 | caption       = Per Olov Enquist at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the [[Stockholm Globe Arena]] in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
 | birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|9|23}}
 | birth_place   = Hjoggböle, Sweden
 | death_date    = {{Death date and age|2020|4|25|1934|9|23|df=yes}}
 | death_place   = [[Vaxholm]], Sweden
 | resting_place = 
 | occupation    = Journalist, playwright and novelist
 | language      = [[Swedish (language)|Swedish]]  
 | notablework = ''[[The Visit of the Royal Physician]]''
 | period = 1961–2020
}}
[[File:Per Olov Enquist en.webm|thumbnail|Enquist presenting himself at the Gothenburg bookfair in 2012.]]

'''Per Olov Enquist''', also known as '''P. O. Enquist''', (23 September 1934&nbsp;– 25 April 2020)<ref name="svtobit">{{cite web | url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/forfattaren-po-enquist-ar-dod | title=Författaren PO Enquist är död | publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] | date=26 April 2020 | access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] author.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/sok.php?id=191760&lookfor=&sokvariant=arkivet&advanced=yes&antal=10 |title=Österrikiskt kulturpris till P.O. Enquist |date=26 July 2010 |work=Nyheter |language=Swedish |access-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist.

==Biography==
Enquist was born and raised in [[:sv:Hjoggböle|Hjoggböle]], a village in present-day [[Skellefteå Municipality]], [[Västerbotten]]. He was the only son of a single mother, who became a widow when he was half a year old. In his youth, he was a promising athlete with a [[high jump]] personal best of 1.97 meters.<ref name="ExpressenObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forfattaren-po-enquist-ar-dod/|title=Författaren P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år gammal|website=www.expressen.se|date=26 April 2020 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> He studied at [[Uppsala University]], receiving a degree in the [[history of literature]].<ref name="SvDObituary">{{Cite news|last=Kramsjö|first=Britta|url=https://www.svd.se/forfattaren-po-enquist-ar-dod|title=P O Enquist är död – författaren blev 85 år|date=26 April 2020|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=26 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>

During his time in Uppsala he started writing, his first novel ''Kristallögat'' being published in 1961, and became a newspaper journalist.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /> Enquist won the [[Nordic Council's Literature Prize]] in 1968 for ''[[The Legionnaires]]'', his account of [[Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers|Sweden's deportation of Baltic-country soldiers]] at the end of the second world war, a novel which also became his international breakthrough.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /><ref name="AftonbladetObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/wEOepG|title=Författaren PO Enquist är död|website=Aftonbladet|date=26 April 2020 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> Enquist was to write several more novels based on true events. ''Kapten Nemos bibliotek'' (1991) took inspiration from {{Interlanguage link|Bureåfallet|lt=|sv||WD=}} where two newly born boys were [[babies switched at birth|accidentally switched]]; ''[[The Visit of the Royal Physician]]'' (1999) was based on the life of Danish King [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]] and his physician [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], and Struensee's political machinations and relationship with the King's wife [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Matilda]] in the 1770s; ''Lewis resa'' (2001) covered the life of [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostalist]] [[Lewi Pethrus]]; while ''Boken om Blanche och Marie'' (2004) was based on the friendship of [[Marie Curie]] and mental patient [[Marie Wittman|Marie "Blanche" Wittman]].<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=TT/Ekot|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=7460505|title=Författaren P O Enquist är död|work=Sveriges Radio|access-date=27 April 2020|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Enquist|first=Per Olov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8E_CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|title=Kapten Nemos bibliotek|date=12 December 2019|publisher=Norstedts|isbn=978-91-1-309987-3|language=sv}}</ref> Enquist's first stage play was ''Tribadernas natt'' (1975), a story about Swedish author [[August Strindberg]], his soon-to-be ex-wife [[Siri von Essen]], and von Essen's presumed lover {{Interlanguage link|Marie David|lt=|sv||WD=}}.<ref name="Norstedts" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teaterstockholm.se/2016/09/18/tribadernas-natt/|title=Tribadernas natt|last=|first=|date=|website=teaterstockholm.se|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Spindler|first=Ylva Lagercrantz|url=https://www.svd.se/heta-tribader-i-tulpantofflor|title=Heta tribader i tulpantofflor|date=25 October 2012|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=27 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>

Awards for his writing have included the [[Dobloug Prize]] in 1988,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snl.no/Doblougprisen|title=Doblougprisen|website=Store norske leksikon|language=nb|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> the [[Selma Lagerlöf Prize]] in 1997,<ref name="Norstedts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.norstedts.se/forfattare/115769-per-olov-enquist|title=Per Olov Enquist|website=www.norstedts.se|language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> and the Italian [[Flaiano Prize]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.premiflaiano.com/412/2002.html|title=Flaiano International Awards Winners year 2002|last=Flaiano|first=Premi|website=en.premiflaiano.com|language=en|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> Besides books and stage plays, Enquist also wrote screenplays for motion pictures, including ''[[Pelle Erövraren]]'' (1987) and [[Hamsun (film)|''Hamsun'']] (1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/press/svenska-akademiens-nordiska-pris-4|title=Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris|last=|first=|date=|website=www.svenskaakademien.se|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> and at the [[27th Guldbagge Awards]] in 1993, Enquist was nominated for the award for Best Screenplay for the film ''[[Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem]]''.<ref name="27thGuldbagge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=16172&iv=Awards |title=Il Capitano (1991) |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |date=17 March 2014}}</ref> He also received the [[Independent Foreign Fiction Prize]] as well as the [[Nelly Sachs Prize]] in 2003 for ''[[The Visit of the Royal Physician]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2003|title=The Visit of the Royal Physician, Per Olov Enquist, trans. Tiina|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-visit-of-the-royal-physician-per-olov-enquist-trans-tiina-nunnally-114282.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808163842/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-visit-of-the-royal-physician-per-olov-enquist-trans-tiina-nunnally-114282.html|archive-date=2021-08-08|access-date=26 April 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=TT|url=https://www.svd.se/p-o-enquist-far-nelly-sachs-priset|title=P O Enquist får Nelly Sachs-priset|date=19 September 2003|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=26 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref> ''The Visit of the Royal Physician'' also became the first of two books by Enquist to be awarded the [[August Prize]], the other being his 2008 autobiography ''[[Ett annat liv]]''.<ref name="SvDObituary" /> Enquist was awarded the [[Austrian State Prize for European Literature]] in 2009 and the [[Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize]] in 2010.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" />

Enquist died on 25 April 2020 after a prolonged struggle with cancer.<ref name="dnobit">{{cite news | url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/p-o-enquist-ar-dod-blev-85-ar/ | title=P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år | work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] | date=26 April 2020 | access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52432215|title=Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies|date=2020-04-26|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-04-27|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*''{{Interlanguage link|Kristallögat|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1961)<ref name="NorranObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.norran.se/artikel/8j8ky2mj|title=P O Enquist har avlidit – han blev 85 år gammal – Norran|last=Lundqvist|first=Olle|date=26 April 2020|website=www.norran.se|language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
*''{{Interlanguage link|Färdvägen|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1963)<ref name="Norstedts" />
*''{{Interlanguage link|Magnetisörens femte vinter|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1964).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|0-7043-2721-X}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Bröderna Casey|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1964). Written under the [[pseudonym]] "Peter Husberg" along with Torsten Ekbom and Leif Nylén.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/21yKbl|title=KULTUR: Han förenade politiken och konsten|website=Aftonbladet|date=11 July 2016 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> 
*''{{Interlanguage link|Sextiotalskritik|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1966)<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/p-o-enquist|title=P.O. Enquist|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
*''{{Interlanguage link|Hess (bok)|lt=Hess|sv||WD=}}'' (1966)<ref name="ExpressenObituary" />
*''[[Legionärerna|Legionärerna: En roman om baltutlämningen]]'' (1968)<ref name="NorranObituary" />
*''{{Interlanguage link|Sekonden (bok)|lt=Sekonden|sv||WD=}}'' (1971)<ref name="AftonbladetObituary" />
*''{{Interlanguage link|Katedralen i München|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1972).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-725731-X}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Berättelser från de inställda upprorens tid|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1974).<ref name="Norstedts" /> {{ISBN|91-1-741212-9}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Tribadernas natt|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1975)<ref name="AftonbladetObituary" />
*''{{Interlanguage link|Chez Nous (play)|lt=Chez Nous|sv|Chez Nous|WD=}}'' (1976).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-761481-3}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Musikanternas uttåg|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1978).<ref name="AftonbladetObituary" /> {{ISBN|0-7043-0190-3}}
*''Mannen på trottoaren'' (1979).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/78zX3|title=Politiken hos Enquist|last=|first=|date=27 May 2017|website=Aftonbladet|language=sv|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> {{ISBN|91-1-791381-0}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Till Fedra|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1980).<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /> Based on the myth of [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]]. {{ISBN|91-1-801061-X}}
*''Från regnormarnas liv'' (1981)<ref name="Norstedts" />
*''En triptyk'' (1981). A collection of his works ''Tribadernas natt'', ''Till Fedra'', and ''Från regnormarnas liv''.<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-811312-5}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Doktor Mabuses nya testamente|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1982).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-811762-7}}
*''Strindberg. Ett liv'' (1984).<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /> {{ISBN|91-1-841622-5}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Nedstörtad ängel|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1985).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|0-7043-2612-4}}
*''Två reportage om idrott'' (1986).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-861652-6}}
*''Protagoras sats'' (1987).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-871292-4}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|I lodjurets timma|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1988).<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /> {{ISBN|91-1-881241-4}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Kapten Nemos bibliotek|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1991).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|0-7043-7019-0}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Kartritarna|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (1992).<ref name="Norstedts" /> {{ISBN|91-1-921562-2}}
*''[[Bildmakarna]]'' (1998)<ref name=":0" />
*''[[Livläkarens besök]]'' (1999).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|0-09-944705-3}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Lewis resa|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (2001).<ref name="AftonbladetObituary" /> {{ISBN|1-58567-341-2}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|De tre grottornas berg|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kåreland|first=Lena|url=https://www.svd.se/spannande-men-allt-for-privat|title=Spännande - men allt för privat|date=25 August 2003|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=26 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>
*''{{Interlanguage link|Boken om Blanche och Marie|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (2004).<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /> {{ISBN|91-1-301360-2}} English translation as ''The Book about Blanche and Marie'', 2006 {{ISBN|1-58567-668-3}}
*''[[Ett annat liv]]'' ("A different life", autobiography) (2008).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|91-1-301893-0}}
*''{{Interlanguage link|Den tredje grottans hemlighet|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kultur/per-olov-enquist-den-tredje-grottans-hemlighet/|title=Per Olov Enquist: Den tredje grottans hemlighet|website=www.expressen.se|date=November 2010 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
*''{{Interlanguage link|Liknelseboken|lt=|sv||WD=}}'' (2013).<ref name="NorranObituary" /> {{ISBN|978-91-1-304951-9}}

==References==
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