Par F. Lagerkvist

The Dwarf

originally published:
Stockholm : A. Bonnier
1944

We offered this copy of the first American edition (which was also the first English language edition) in 2010.

awards:

  • Nobel Prize for Literature(1951)

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bio notes:
born: 5/23/1891
died: 7/11/1974
born as: Par Fabian Lagerkvist
nationality: Sweden

One of the major Swedish literary figures of the first half of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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Lagerkvist seems to be one of the few Scandinavian Nobel Prize-laureates whose work translates well into English. His two best-known works in English are Barabbas, (first U.S. edition published in 1951), which was adapted into the film of the same name featuring Anthony Quinn; and The Dwarf (first U.S., and first edition to appear in English published in 1945 by L.B. Fischer, eight years before the U.K. edition). Both are relatively inexpensive, but the later is inordinately hard to find in nice condition - and a great read as well - a narrative by an evil and cynical dwarf in the court of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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