Eyvind Johnson

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Eyvind Johnson
Eyvind Johnson
Born	Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson (1900-07-29)29 July 1900 Boden, Sweden
Died	25 August 1976(1976-08-25) (aged 76) Stockholm, Sweden
Period	1924–1976
Notable works	Here's Your Life Return to Ithaca The Days of His Grace
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Harry Martinson)
Spouses	Aase Christoffersen (1927–1938, her death) Cilla Johnson (1940–1978)
Children	3
Website
www.eyvindjohnson.se

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^[1] 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.^[2]