Verner von Heidenstam
July 6, 1859 –May 20, 1940
Writer, Poet, Painter
Lived 80 years
- Born in
- Olshammar
- Passed away in
- Övralid
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University, Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize, Goethe Medal for Art and Science
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