Verner von Heidenstam

awards:

  • Nobel Prize for Literature(1916)

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bio notes:
born: 7/6/1859
died: 5/20/1940
born as: Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstamm
nationality: Sweden

Poet and prose writer who led the literary reaction to the naturalistic movement in Sweden, calling for a renaissance of the literature of fantasy, beauty, and nationalism. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1916. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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