Essäer och andra texter

by Stig Dagerman

Samlingen "Essäer & Texter" omfattar bland annat Dagermans reportage från Frankrike 1947-48, hans självbiografiska texter, däribland bidraget till en serie "Självbiografiskt" som unga författare publicerade 1948, hans artiklar om film, ett urval bokrecensioner, bland annat en recension av Kafka från 1945 samt ett antal debattartiklar och enkätsvar. I boken är också två filmmanuskript av Dagerman medtagna.

393 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. In the course of five years, 1945-49, he enjoyed phenomenal success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a book about postwar Germany, five plays, hundreds of poems and satirical verses, several essays of note and a large amount of journalism. Then, with apparent suddenness, he fell silent. In the fall of 1954, Sweden was stunned to learn that Stig Dagerman, the epitome of his generation of writers, had been found dead in his car: he had closed the doors of the garage and run the engine.

Dagerman's works deal with universal problems of morality and conscience, of sexuality and social philosophy, of love, compassion and justice. He plunges into the painful realities of human existence, dissecting feelings of fear, guilt and loneliness. Despite the somber content, he also displays a wry sense of humor that occasionally turns his writing into burlesque or satire.