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Opp Amaryllis
Swedish
145 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
Olle Hedberg
37 books1 followerCarl Olof (Olle) Hedberg (May 31, 1899, Norrköping, Sweden – September 20, 1974, Verveln, Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish author.
Hedberg is best known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values. Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.
His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.
Hedberg committed suicide 1974, a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta succumbed to a sudden illness.
Hedberg is best known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values. Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.
His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.
Hedberg committed suicide 1974, a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta succumbed to a sudden illness.
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December 21, 2020
Trodde det skulle vara en julig historia men det var manuset till när han medverkade som kändis i radioprogrammet Opp Amaryllis, fem lördagar i juni 1974. Lite som att läsa Nick Hornby fast med klassisk musik, opera och Edvard Persson istället för rocknroll. Dock ganska mysigt, och bra för vad det var. Inte en fyra i relation till romaner kanske.
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