Olle Hedberg
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Carl Olof "Olle" Hedberg (31 May 1899 in Norrköping, Sweden – 20 September 1974 in Verveln, Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish author.
Hedberg is known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values.[1] Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.
His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist.[2] He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.
Hedberg committed suicide 1974, a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta succumbed to a sudden illness.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Prisoner's Base (Template:Langx, 1930) (English translation 1932)
- Iris och löjtnantshjärta (1934)
- Ut med blondinerna! (1939)
- Stopp! Tänk på något annat (1939)
- Bekänna färg (1947)
- Animals in Cages (Template:Langx, 1959) (English translation 1962)
Notes
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- ↑ (April 1, 1995). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Merriam-Webster. Template:ISBN. Page 528.
- ↑ Seymour-Smith, Martin (1973). Funk & Wagnalls Guide to Modern World Literature. Funk & Wagnalls. Template:ISBN. Page 1025.
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