Fritiof Nilsson Piraten
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Fritiof Nilsson Piraten ("the Pirate"Skåne, which plays an important role in many of his books.
Educated as a lawyer at
Skåne, such as his novel, Bock i örtagård ("Buck in herbal garden", 1933), about an illiterate horse-dealer and squire who bullies his way into a church-wardenship to win a bet. A movie was released 1958 based on this novel. A later novel, Bokhandlaren som slutade bada ("The book-dealer who ceased bathing", 1937) is a deeply tragic story, dotted with occasional comic situations, about a too-sensitive man falling in love with a woman and marrying her before he realizes who she really is, and the disasters that follow. 1969 a movie came out based on this novel. Most of his books are considered to fit well in the tall tale
category.
Nilsson was deliberately non-literary, getting along with sailors, farmers and businessmen, and probably got his nickname for that reason (although he always insisted that it was there to distinguish him from another Nilsson). His humour is based more in understatement than in hyperbole, although the stories may be wild enough. His famous epitaph is representative of his style.
Sources
- Hägg, Göran: Den svenska litteraturhistorien. Stockholm 1999.
References
- ISBN 978-1-62087-494-3.
- ^ Göran Åstrand, Här vilar berömda svenskar. 1999, s. 93