Östen Sjöstrand

Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925, Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975.[1][2]

Östen Sjöstrand.

Biography

Östen Sjöstrand gave his introductory speech in the Swedish Academy about the Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist, who preceded him at the same chair. As a poet he debuted in 1949 with Unio, which was marked by the post-war agony of the Swedish 1940s poetry. He was above all inspired of French poetry. Music was another source of inspiration for Östen Sjöstrand. In cooperation with Sven-Erik Bäck he wrote a pair of operas, including Gästabudet.

Bibliography
  • Unio (1949)
  • Invigelse (1950)
  • Återvändo (1953)
  • Ande och verklighet (1954)
  • Dikter mellan midnatt och gryning (1954)
  • Främmande mörker, främmande ljus (1955)
  • Dikter 1949–1955 (1958)
  • Hemlöshet och hem (1958)
  • Världen skapas varje dag (1960)
  • De gåtfulla hindren och andra dikter (1961)
  • En vinter i Norden (1963)
  • I vattumannens tecken (1967)
  • Ensamma stjärnor, en gemensam horisont (1970)
  • Drömmen är ingen fasad (1971)
  • Fantasins nödvändighet (1971)
  • Pär Lagerkvist (1975)
  • Strömöverföring (1977)
  • Dikter (1981)
  • Strax ovanför vattenlinjen (1984)
  • På återvägen från Jasna Góra (1987)
  • Sprickorna i stenen (1994)
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References
  1. Bladh, Curt (16 May 2006). "En poesins odlare och vårdare är död" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  2. Olofsson, Tommy (15 May 2006). "Lyriker med internationell bärkraft" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
Further reading
  • Bergsten, Staffan (1974). Östen Sjöstrand. Twayne's world authors series. TWAS 309. Sweden. New York: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-2844-6. OCLC 801574.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Pär Lagerkvist		 Swedish Academy,
Seat No.8
1975-2006		 Succeeded by
Jesper Svenbro


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