Harry Martinson

more photos (3)

Harry Martinson’s Followers (81)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Harry Martinson


Born
in Jämshög, Blekinge, Sweden
May 06, 1904

Died
February 11, 1978

Website

Genre


Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 – February 11, 1978) was a Swedish sailor, author and poet. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974, "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.", together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson. The choice was very controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy and had partaken in endorsing themselves as laureates.

He has been called "the great reformer of 20th century Swedish poetry, the most original of the writers called 'proletarian'."

Detailed Biography: http://authorscalendar.info/harrymar.htm
...more

Average rating: 3.73 · 6,863 ratings · 670 reviews · 100 distinct worksSimilar authors
Aniara

by
3.83 avg rating — 3,328 ratings — published 1956 — 17 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Nässlorna blomma

3.51 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 1935 — 18 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Vägen till Klockrike

3.85 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 1948 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Vägen ut

3.79 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1936 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Resor utan mål ; Kap Farväl!

3.59 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1953 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Utsikt från en grästuva

3.70 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1963 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Kap Farväl!

3.42 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1933 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
باقة برية

by
3.31 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Resor utan mål

3.40 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1932 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Tuvor

3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Harry Martinson…
Resor utan mål Kap Farväl!
(2 books)
by
3.49 avg rating — 213 ratings

Quotes by Harry Martinson  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Försök till räddning genom tankeflykt
och överglidningar från dröm till dröm
blev ofta vår metod.
Med ena benet dränkt i känslosvall
det andra med sitt stöd i känslodöd
vi ofta stod.
Jag frågade mig själv men glömde svara.
Jag drömde mig ett liv men glömde vara.
Jag reste alltet rumt men glömde fara -
ty jag satt fånge här i Aniara.”
Harry Martinson

“Hur svårt att tro på livet efter detta.
Hur rätt att önska livet efter detta.
Det är att visa glädje vid att leva
och lust att till dess skönhet återvända.”
Harry Martinson, Aniara

“Jag frågade mig själv men glömde svara.
Jag drömde mig ett liv men glömde vara.
Jag reste alltet runt men glömde fara –
ty jag satt fånge här i Aniara.”
Harry Martinson, Aniara

Polls

295344
The best winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

 
  37 votes, 6.7%

Han Kang (2024)
 
  34 votes, 6.1%

Bob Dylan (2016)
 
  19 votes, 3.4%

Toni Morrison (1993)
 
  16 votes, 2.9%

Annie Ernaux (2022)
 
  16 votes, 2.9%

Jon Fosse (2023)
 
  16 votes, 2.9%

 
  15 votes, 2.7%

 
  15 votes, 2.7%

 
  15 votes, 2.7%

Albert Camus (1957)
 
  13 votes, 2.3%

 
  13 votes, 2.3%

 
  12 votes, 2.2%

 
  11 votes, 2.0%

 
  11 votes, 2.0%

Orhan Pamuk (2006)
 
  11 votes, 2.0%

 
  11 votes, 2.0%

 
  10 votes, 1.8%

 
  9 votes, 1.6%

 
  9 votes, 1.6%

Louise Glück (2020)
 
  8 votes, 1.4%

 
  7 votes, 1.3%

W.B. Yeats (1923)
 
  7 votes, 1.3%

 
  7 votes, 1.3%

 
  7 votes, 1.3%

Hermann Hesse (1946)
 
  7 votes, 1.3%

 
  7 votes, 1.3%

Seamus Heaney (1995)
 
  7 votes, 1.3%

Henri Bergson (1927)
 
  6 votes, 1.1%

T.S. Eliot (1948)
 
  6 votes, 1.1%

 
  6 votes, 1.1%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  5 votes, 0.9%

Peter Handke (2019)
 
  5 votes, 0.9%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

Sigrid Undset (1928)
 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

Gao Xingjian (2000)
 
  4 votes, 0.7%

Herta Müller (2009)
 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.7%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

Patrick White (1973)
 
  3 votes, 0.5%

Saul Bellow (1976)
 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.5%

Günter Grass (1999)
 
  3 votes, 0.5%

Doris Lessing (2007)
 
  3 votes, 0.5%

Alice Munro (2013)
 
  3 votes, 0.5%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Pearl S. Buck (1938)
 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Ivo Andrić (1961)
 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Pablo Neruda (1971)
 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Claude Simon (1985)
 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Octavio Paz (1990)
 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

 
  2 votes, 0.4%

Paul Heyse (1910)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

André Gide (1947)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Nelly Sachs (1966)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Elias Canetti (1981)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Wole Soyinka (1986)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Derek Walcott (1992)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

V.S. Naipaul (2001)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Imre Kertész (2002)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

J.M. Coetzee (2003)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  1 vote, 0.2%

Mo Yan (2012)
 
  1 vote, 0.2%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

S.Y. Agnon (1966)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Dario Fo (1997)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harold Pinter (2005)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Suomalainen lukup...: 39. Nobel-voittajan kirjoittama kirja 10 42 Aug 15, 2016 02:34AM  
21st Century Lite...: Holidays 604 385 Jan 10, 2017 10:30PM  
All About Books: Seasonal theme: Nordic Poets (January-March) 23 52 Mar 22, 2017 07:53PM  
Let's Talk About ...: Anything Goes 1510 285 Apr 27, 2017 04:26PM  
The Evolution of ...: Nobel Prize for SF 10 18 Oct 03, 2018 07:28PM  
Netherlands & Fla...: Nobelprijs voor literatuur 50 199 Oct 11, 2019 03:21AM