Swedish writer (1934–2020)
Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the
Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Born (1934-09-23 ) 23 September 1934 Hjoggböle, SwedenDied 25 April 2020(2020-04-25) (aged 85)
Vaxholm , Sweden Occupation Journalist, playwright and novelist Language
Swedish Period 1961–2020 Notable work
The Visit of the Royal Physician
Enquist presenting himself at the Gothenburg bookfair in 2012.
Per Olov Enquist , also known as P. O. Enquist , (23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020)
[1] was a
Swedish author.
[2] He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist.
Biography
Enquist was born and raised in
Hjoggböle , a village in present-day
Skellefteå Municipality ,
Västerbotten . He was the only son of a single mother, who became a widow when he was half a year old. In his youth, he was a promising athlete with a
high jump personal best of 1.97 meters.
[3] He studied at
Uppsala University , receiving a degree in the
history of literature .
[4]
During his time in Uppsala he started writing, his first novel Kristallögat being published in 1961, and became a newspaper journalist.
[3] Enquist won the
Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1968 for
Legionärerna , his account of
Sweden's deportation of Baltic-country soldiers at the end of the second world war which also became his international breakthrough.
[3]
[5] He would write several more books based on true events, including Kapten Nemos bibliotek (1991) about
Bureåfallet [
sv ] where two newly born boys were
accidentally switched ,
Livläkarens besök (1999), Lewis resa (2001) about
Pentecostalist
Lewi Pethrus , and Boken om Blanche och Marie (2004) about
Marie Curie and mental patient
Marie "Blanche" Wittman .
[6]
[7]
[8] Enquist's first stage play was Tribadernas natt (1975), a story about Swedish author
August Strindberg , his soon-to-be ex-wife
Siri von Essen , and von Essen's presumed lover
Marie David [
sv ] .
[9]
[10]
[11]
Awards for his writing have included the
Dobloug Prize in 1988,
[12] the
Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1997,
[9] and the Italian
Flaiano Prize in 2002.
[13] Besides books and stage plays, Enquist also wrote screenplays for motion pictures, including
Pelle Erövraren (1987) and
Hamsun (1996),
[14] and at the
27th Guldbagge Awards in 1993, Enquist was nominated for the award for Best Screenplay for the film
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem .
[15] He also received the
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize as well as the
Nelly Sachs Prize in 2003 for
Livläkarens besök , based on the true story of
Johann Friedrich Struensee , who was the mentally ill Danish King
Christian VII 's physician, and his political machinations and relationship with Christian's wife
Caroline Matilda in the 1770s.
[16]
[17] Livläkarens besök also became the first of two books Enquist wrote that were awarded the
August Prize , the other being his 2008 autobiography
Ett annat liv .
[4] Enquist was awarded the
Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2009 and the
Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize in 2010.
[3]
Enquist died on 25 April 2020 after a prolonged struggle with cancer.
[18]
[19]
Bibliography
References
External links
Awards received by Per Olov Enquist
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Special Jury Prize:
Denise McSmith (1975) •
Stefano D'Arrigo (1977) •
Jurij Trifonov (1978) •
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1979) •
Pietro Consagra (1980) •
Ignazio Buttitta ,
Angelo Maria e Ela Ripellino (1983) •
Leonardo Sciascia (1985) •
Wang Meng (1987) •
Mikhail Gorbaciov (1988) •
Peter Carey ,
José Donoso ,
Northrop Frye ,
Jorge Semprún ,
Wole Soyinka ,
Lu Tongliu (1990) •
Fernanda Pivano (1992) •
Associazione Scrittori Cinesi (1993) •
Dong Baoucum ,
Fan Boaci ,
Wang Huanbao ,
Shi Peide ,
Chen Yuanbin (1995) •
Xu Huainzhong ,
Xiao Xue ,
Yu Yougqnan ,
Qin Weinjung (1996) •
Khushwant Singh (1997) •
Javier Marías (1998) •
Francesco Burdin (2001) •
Luciano Erba (2002) •
Isabella Quarantotti De Filippo (2003) •
Marina Rullo (2006) •
Andrea Ceccherini (2007) •
Enrique Vila-Matas (2009) •
Francesco Forgione (2010)
First work:
Valerio Magrelli (1980) •
Ferruccio Benzoni , Stefano Simoncelli,
Walter Valeri ,
Laura Mancinelli (1981) •
Jolanda Insana (1982) •
Daniele Del Giudice (1983) •
Aldo Busi (1984) •
Elisabetta Rasy ,
Dario Villa (1985) •
Marco Lodoli ,
Angelo Mainardi (1986) •
Marco Ceriani ,
Giovanni Giudice (1987) •
Edoardo Albinati ,
Silvana La Spina (1988) •
Andrea Canobbio ,
Romana Petri (1990) •
Anna Cascella (1991) •
Marco Caporali ,
Nelida Milani (1992) •
Silvana Grasso ,
Giulio Mozzi (1993) •
Ernesto Franco (1994) •
Roberto Deidier (1995) •
Giuseppe Quatriglio ,
Tiziano Scarpa (1996) •
Fabrizio Rondolino (1997) •
Alba Donati (1998) •
Paolo Febbraro (1999) •
Evelina Santangelo (2000) •
Giuseppe Lupo (2001) •
Giovanni Bergamini ,
Simona Corso (2003) •
Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) •
Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) •
Francesco Fontana (2006) •
Paolo Fallai (2007) •
Luca Giachi (2008) •
Carlo Carabba (2009) •
Gabriele Pedullà (2010)
Italian Author:
Alberto Moravia (1982) •
Vittorio Sereni alla memoria (1983) •
Italo Calvino (1984) •
Mario Luzi (1985) •
Paolo Volponi (1986) •
Luigi Malerba (1987) •
Oreste del Buono (1988) •
Giovanni Macchia (1989) •
Gianni Celati ,
Emilio Villa (1990) •
Andrea Zanzotto (1991) •
Ottiero Ottieri (1992) •
Attilio Bertolucci (1993) •
Luigi Meneghello (1994) •
Fernando Bandini ,
Michele Perriera (1995) •
Nico Orengo (1996) •
Giuseppe Bonaviri ,
Giovanni Raboni (1997) •
Carlo Ginzburg (1998) •
Alessandro Parronchi (1999) •
Elio Bartolini (2000) •
Roberto Alajmo (2001) •
Andrea Camilleri (2002) •
Andrea Carraro , Antonio Franchini,
Giorgio Pressburger (2003) •
Maurizio Bettini ,
Giorgio Montefoschi ,
Nelo Risi (2004) •
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Giuseppe Conte (2005) •
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Alessandra Sarchi (2017)
Mondello for Multiculturality Award:
Kim Thúy (2011)
"Targa Archimede", Premio all'Intelligenza d'Impresa:
Enzo Sellerio (2011)
Special Award 40 Years of Mondello:
Gipi (2014)
Best book (1989–1991) 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
International National Academics Artists People Other