Ernst Brunner | |
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Born |
Tullinge, Sweden | 5 September 1950
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Writer and literary scholar |
Awards | Dobloug Prize (2019) |
Ernst Brunner (born 5 September 1950) is a Swedish writer and literary scholar.
Brunner was born in Tullinge to alpine skiers Leo and Gertrud Brunner. His thesis from 1985 is a treatment of Edith Södergran. His early fictional works include the poetry collections Jag ändrar ställning klokkan tre from 1979, Söderväggar from 1980, and I det stora och hela from 1982, and the novels Känneru brorsan? (1980), Dans på rovor (1983), and Svarta villan (1987). [1] His novel Edith from 1992 is a fictional treatment of Edith Södergren, Fukta din aska (2002) is a biographical novel on Carl Michael Bellman, and Carolus Rex (2005) is a biographical novel on Charles XII of Sweden. [2] In 2019 he published Likt ett skeleton, a historical biography of Johan Helmich Roman. [3]
He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2019. [3] [4]