Eyvind Johnson: Biography, Facts and Career
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Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
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- Full name: Eyvind Johnson
- Born: 1900-07-29
- Nationality: Sweden
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q131326
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Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer.
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Eyvind Johnson was born on 1900-07-29.
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