Lars Ahlin

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Lars Ahlin
Lars Ahlin with his wife Gunnel, 1960.

Lars Ahlin (4 April 1915 – 11 March 1997) was a Swedish author and aesthetician.

Biography

Ahlin left school when he was 13 to support his family, although he later attended several folk high schools. When he was 18, he had a mystical experience. He eventually moved to

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Thomas Mann. Among the awards he received are the Prize of the Nine in 1960, the Great Novel Prize in 1962, and the Small Nobel Prize in 1966. In 1995, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
, known as the 'little Nobel'.

Notable works

References

  • "Ahlin, Lars", Academic American Encyclopedia, 1991 edition, p. 198.
  • "Ahlin, Lars". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2007.