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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: 3.76 · 23,026 ratings · 2,127 reviews · 177 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dwarf 3.69 avg rating — 8,370 ratings — published 1944 — 108 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 — 6,603 ratings — published 1950 — 46 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 Sibyl by Pär Lagerkvist, Naomi Walford (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,926 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 3.52 avg rating — 1,339 ratings — 27 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 3.39 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 1925 — 4 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 — 554 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 — 439 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 — 411 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) 4.05 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1920 — 19 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) 3.85 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1967 — 13 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

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Tetralogy (4 books)
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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

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“-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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