Knut Ahnlund
Knut Ahnlund | |
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Born | 24 May 1923 Stockholm |
Died | 28 November 2012 (aged 89) |
Resting place | Djursholms Begravningsplats |
Position held | seat 7 of the Swedish Academy (1983–2012) |
Knut Emil Ahnlund (24 May 1923 – 28 November 2012) was a Swedish literary historian, writer, and member of the Swedish Academy.[1][2]
Ahnlund, who was born in
Due to conflicts with the former permanent secretary of the Academy, Sture Allén, and his successor, Horace Engdahl, Ahnlund had only participated minimally in the work of the Academy from 1996 until his death in 2012. On 11 October 2005, just a few days before the announcement of the 2005 Nobel laureate for literature, he declared in a piece in Svenska Dagbladet that he would leave the Academy in protest against the choice of recipient of the prize the previous year, Elfriede Jelinek;[3] he characterized Jelinek's work as chaotic and pornographic.[4] As a membership in the Academy is for life, Ahnlund was not able to formally leave the Academy during his lifetime, but did not participate in its work from 1996, and his chair was left empty until his death.[5]
Bibliography
- Henrik Pontoppidan : fem huvudlinjer i författarskapet (1956)
- Vännerna : en berättelse från hem och skola (1963)
- Den unge Gustav Wied (1964)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer: hans språk och hans värld (1978)
- Jordens skönhet : singalesiska minnen och myter (1979)
- Diktarliv i Norden : litterära essäer (1981)
- Karl Ragnar Gierow : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1983)
- La Real Academia Española (1985)
- Octavio Paz : hans liv och diktning (1990)
- Sven Lidman : ett livsdrama (1996)
- Spansk öppning : essäer om Spaniens och Latinamerikas litteratur (2003)
References
- ^ "Knut Ahnlund". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Akademiledamoten Knut Ahnlund död" (in Swedish). Expressen. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- TheGuardian.com. 12 October 2005.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Correspondent, By Julian Isherwood, Scandinavia. "Nobel judge quits with a blast at winner's writing". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
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