Eyvind Johnson

Swedish writer (1900–1976)

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Lived 1900–1976, aged 76Sweden

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Fame10.9
Momentum5.7
Sweden rank#66
Writers rank#143
Wikipedia1K

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Rank in Sweden
#66
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Era
1900–1976
Aged 76

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Updated 2026-05-29

Swedish novelist who shaped modern literature with sweeping, freedom-minded narratives across time and place. Shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature and secured a Swedish Academy seat in 1957.

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Eyvind Johnson 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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