Poems of Dan Andersson

by Dan Andersson (translator), Mike McArthur (Translator)

Genres: Poetry

133 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

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Daniel "Dan" Andersson was a Swedish author and poet. He also set some of his own poems to music. Andersson married primary school teacher Olga Turesson, the sister of artist Gunnar Turesson, in 1918. A nom de plume he sometimes used was "Svarte Jim" (Black Jim). Andersson is counted among the Swedish proletarian authors. His poetry enjoys a broad popularity among the Swedish people due to amongst other things its naturalist mysticism.

Reviews

[Bettie]

Highly recommended by Don-Eddy and Malin to get a feel of 'vemod'. (knife-edged sadness)