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Erik Axel Karlfeldt, recipient of the 1931, was born in Folkarna, Sweden. His father, Erik Erson Karlfeldt, was a lawyer, and his mother was Anna Jansdotter Karlfeldt. He was educated at the University of Uppsala. He worked as a librarian before becoming secretary of the Swedish Academy.
Karlfeldt published his first book, VIDMARSK- OCH KARLEKSVISOR, when he was 29. Some of his most well-known poetry can be found in his 1906 collection, FLORA OCH POMONA. He was offered the Nobel Prize in 1918, but he refused it because he felt too many Swedish writers received the prize.
Erik Karlfeldt died in Stockholm, Sweden in 1931.
CHRONOLOGY
1864 He was born in Folkarna, Sweden.
1895 VIDMARSK- OCH KARLEKSVISOR
1898 FRIDOLINS VISOR
1901 FRIDOLINS LUSTGARD
1902 He graduated from the University of Uppsala.
1903 He became a librarian at the Academy of Agriculture at Stockholm.
1904 He became a member of the Swedish Academy.
1906 FLORA OCH POMONA
1912 SKALDEN LUCIDOR; He became secretary of the Swedish Academy.
1918 FLORA OCH BELLONA; He refused the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1923 C.F. DAHLGREEN
1927 HOSTHORN
1931 SAMLADE VERK; WHY SINCLAIR LEWIS GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.; He died in Stockholm, Sweden. (April 8)
1932 TANKAR OCH TAL
1934 KARLFELDTS UNGOMDIKTING
1938 ARCADIA BOREALIS: SELECTED POEMS OF ERIK AXEL KARLFELDT
1963 DIKTER
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