Per Egil Törnqvist (19 December 1932,
Uppsala
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– 9 March 2015,
Amsterdam
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) was
Professor Emeritus
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of Scandinavian Studies at the
University of Amsterdam
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and an academic
literary critic.
Earlier (1961) he was in charge of the drama division in the comparative literature
program at
Uppsala University
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.
["Drama Survey", by Bolingbroke Society]
/ref> From 1969 to 1997 he was professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Amsterdam. His daughter is artist Marit Törnqvist
Marit Törnqvist (born January 19, 1964) is a Swedish-Dutch author, artist and illustrator. She was best known for her illustrations in the books of Astrid Lindgren.
Life and career
Marit Törnqvist is the daughter of Egil Törnqvist, a professo ...
.
Books
*(1968) "Drama of Souls: Studies in O'Neill's Super-naturalistic Technique."
*(1970) "Drama of Souls", , ''Yale University Press
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*(1982) "Strindbergian Drama"
*(1991) "Transposing Drama Studies In Representat",
*(1993) "Filmdiktaren Ingmar Bergman"
*(1995) "Ibsen: A Doll's House (Plays in Production)", , ''Cambridge University Press
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*(1999) "Ibsen, Strindberg and the Intimate Theater: Studies in TV Presentation"
*(2003) "Bergman's Muses: Aesthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and Radio"
*(2004) "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata"
*(2004) "Eugene O'Neill: A Playwright's Theatre"
*(2008) "I Bergmans regi", Amsterdam Contributions to Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 5
*(2008) (with Birgitta Steene) "Strindberg on Drama and Theatre"
*(2008) "Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs", , ''Amsterdam University Press
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*(2018) (with Erik Mattsson), ”Strindberg’s Gustav Vasa and the Performance of Swedish Identity – from Celebration to Introspective Critique”, in ''Reconsidering National Plays in Europe''. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018,
References
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1932 births
2015 deaths
Swedish literary critics
Scandinavian studies scholars
Uppsala University alumni
Uppsala University faculty
University of Amsterdam faculty
Swedish expatriates in the Netherlands
People from Uppsala
Burials at Uppsala old cemetery