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Harry Martinson
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Harry Martinson

Author · born May 6, 1904 · died 1978

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Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".

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  1. ~50Received the Dobloug Prize1954
  2. ~70Received the Nobel Prize in Literature1974

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