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Pär Lagerkvist

Born

in Växjö, Småland, Sweden

May 23, 1891

Died

July 11, 1974

Website

http://www.parlagerkvist.com/

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Lagerkvist was born in 1891 in southern Sweden. In 1910 he went to Uppsala as a student and in 1913 he left for Paris, where he was exposed to the work of Pablo Picasso. He studied Middle Age Art, as well as Indian and Chinese literature, to prepare himself for becoming a poet. His first collection of poetry was published in 1916. In 1940 Lagerkvist was chosen as one of the "aderton" (the eighteen) of the Swedish Academy.

Lagerkvist wrote poetry, novels, plays, short stories and essays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951 "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind." ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 21,677 ratings · 1,935 reviews · 170 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dwarf 3.69 avg rating — 7,910 ratings — published 1944 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist, Alan Blair (Translator), André Gide (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 6,214 ratings — published 1946	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibyl by Pär Lagerkvist, Naomi Walford (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 1,819 ratings — published 1956 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bödeln 3.53 avg rating — 1,247 ratings — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gäst hos verkligheten 3.40 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1925 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Ahasuerus by Pär Lagerkvist, Naomi Walford (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1960 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrim at Sea by Pär Lagerkvist, Naomi Walford (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1962 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onda sagor 3.80 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1924 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Pär Lagerkvist, Erik Mesterton (Translator), David O'Gorman (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1920 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herod and Mariamne by Pär Lagerkvist, Naomi Walford (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1967	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tetralogy (4 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 2,974 ratings

Gäst hos Verkligheten (2 books)
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Quotes by Pär Lagerkvist (?)

“Bitter, too, to be forced to acknowledge in one's heart how little love has to do with kindness.”
― Pär Lagerkvist, The Sibyl

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“Nothing is more foreign than the world of one's childhood when one has truly left it.”
― Pär Lagerkvist, The Sibyl

tags: childhood, growth, maturity

24 likes

“-No, the man said, looking past him with his empty gaze, the realm of the dead isn't anything. But to those who have been there, nothing else is anything either.”
― Pär Lagerkvist, Barabbas

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December 2025 New School Poll

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985) 274 pages

31 votes, 24.2%

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2003) 336 pages

29 votes, 22.7%

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen (1968) 130 pages.

17 votes, 13.3%

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (1928) 300 pages.

17 votes, 13.3%

Papillon by Henri Charrière (1969) 544 pages.

12 votes, 9.4%

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (1966) 176 pages

9 votes, 7.0%

Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist by Par Lagerkvist (1950)

7 votes, 5.5%

While England Sleeps by David Leavitt (1993) 309 pages

6 votes, 4.7%

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