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Sven Delblanc

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Sven Delblanc
Sven Delblanc
Sven Delblanc
BornSven Delblanc
(1931-05-26)26 May 1931
Swan River, Manitoba, Canada
Died15 December 1992(1992-12-15) (aged 61)
Sunnersta, Sweden
Resting placeHammarby kyrkogård
Occupationassociate professor of literature, academic, author, translator
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUppsala University
Period1962–1993
GenresProse
Notable worksSamuels bok

Sven Delblanc ( May 26, 1931 - December 15, 1992) was Swedish author and professor of literature.

Biography

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Born in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, Deblanc died in Gottsunda Parish, Uppsala, and is buried in Hammarby churchyard in Uppsala, Sweden.

Delblanc was an Associate Professor in the history of literature at Uppsala University from 1965. He received the Aftonbladet Literature Prize in 1965. Before his death he was pointed out as the anonymous writer Bo Balderson.[1]

He was born in Canada but grew up near Vagnhärad, Sweden. His parents divorced and the father, Siegfried Axel Herman Delblanc, remarried. His paternal grandfather, Friedrich Hermann Delblanc, a bookmaker in Stockholm, was from Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Sven Delblanc's maternal relatives were from Väse in Värmland in the west of Sweden. His maternal grandmother came from Norway. His maternal grandfather, Axel Nordfält, was the inspiration for the character Samuel in Samuels bok (1981).[2]

The Swedish television series Hedebyborna (1978) is based on Delblanc's series of novels Åminne (1970), Stenfågel (1973), Vinteride (1974) and Stadsporten (1976).

Bibliography

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  • Eremitkräftan (1962)
  • Prästkappan (1963)
  • Homunculus (1965) (English: Homunculus: A Magic Tale)
  • Ära och minne (1965)
  • Nattresa (1967)
  • Åsnebrygga (1969)
  • Åminne (1970)
  • Zahak (1971)
  • Trampa vatten (1972)
  • Teatern brinner (1973)
  • Stenfågel (1973)
  • Primavera (1973)
  • Vinteride (1974)
  • Kastrater (1975)
  • Stadsporten (1976)
  • Grottmannen (1977)
  • Gunnar Emmanuel (1978)
  • Gröna vintern (1978)
  • Kära farmor (1979)
  • Stormhatten: Tre Strindbergsstudier (1979)
  • Speranza (1980) (English: Speranza)
  • Samuels bok (1981)
  • Samuels döttrar (1982)
  • Senecas död (1982)
  • Jerusalems natt (1983)
  • Kanaans land (1984)
  • Maria ensam (1985)
  • Fågelfrö (1986)
  • Moria land (1987)
  • Änkan (1988)
  • Damiens (1988)
  • Ifigenia (1990)
  • Livets ax (1991)
  • Slutord (1991)
  • Homerisk hemkomst: Två essäer om Iliaden och Odysséen (1992)
  • Agnar (1993)

Television

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Theater

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  • Kastrater (1977)

Awards and merits

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  • Aftonbladets litteraturpris (1965)
  • BMF-plaketten (1970)
  • Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris (1970)
  • Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris(1970)
  • Zornpriset (1970)
  • Sixten Heymans pris (1974)
  • BMF-plaketten (1981)
  • Nordiska rådets litteraturpris (1982) for Samuels bok
  • Övralidspriset (1985)
  • Pilotpriset (1986)
  • Kellgrenpriset (1989)
  • Augustpriset (1991) for Livets ax
  • BMF-plaketten (1991)
  • Gerard Bonniers pris (1992)

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok 1965 (Stockholm: Norstedt, 1984), s. 238 f. Läst 14 september 2023.
  2. ^ Delblanc, Sven. Livets ax. Bonniers, 1991. p. 84.
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