Ernst Runar Schildt (October 26, 1888,

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– September 29, 1925) was a

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. His son was art historian and author

Göran Schildt Göran Schildt (11 March 1917 – 24 January 2009) was a Finnish Swede author and art historian. He was the son of the author Runar Schildt. Life and work Schildt is perhaps best known for his travelogues with the sailboat ''Daphne''. He ...

. Although Schildt wrote his books in

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. Runar Schildt debuted as a writer in 1912 with his first book, a collection of short stories called ''Den segrande Eros'' (The Victorious Eros). All in all, he wrote 33

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, of which 25 were published as

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s. His short stories have also been adapted for films, including '' Aapo'', '' Galgmannen'', '' The Stolen Death'', and '' The Kiss of a Sparrow'' (directed by Claes Olsson).

A selection of Schildt's works

*Armas Fager *Asmodeus och de tretton själarna samt tre noveller *Den segrande Eros *Den stora rollen *En sparv i tranedans (which was made into the movie The Kiss of a Sparrow) * * *Galgmannen: en midvintersaga *Häxskogen och andra noveller *Hemkomsten och andra noveller *Lyckoriddaren *Perdita och andra noveller

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* 1888 births 1925 suicides 1925 deaths Writers from Helsinki Finnish writers in Swedish {{Finland-writer-stub

A selection of Schildt's works

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