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Sven Stolpe (24 August 1905, in Stockholm – 26 August 1996, in Filipstad) was a Swedish writer, translator, journalist, literary scholar and critic. His brother was Herman Stolpe. Sven Stolpe was active in Swedish literary and intellectual discussion for most of his life. In the early 1930s, he argued for internationalism and argued against aestheticism, but he was also part of the Oxford Group which claimed the necessity of "moral and spiritual re-armament" and later in life, in 1947, he became a Catholic. Among his literary production is a dissertation on Queen Christina of Sweden, who abdicated as a result of her own conversion to Catholicism, which was published in 1959.
In 1984, the Belgian biographer Joris Taels published a biography of Stolpe.
He is buried in Vadstena cemetery.Sveriges Television, "Gäst hos Hagge", 10 September 1977.
Sven Stolpe (24 August 1905, in Stockholm – 26 August 1996, in Filipstad) was a Swedish writer, translator, journalist, literary scholar and critic. His brother was Herman Stolpe. Sven Stolpe was active in Swedish literary and intellectual discussion for most of his life. In the early 1930s, he argued for internationalism and argued against aestheticism, but he was also part of the Oxford Group which claimed the necessity of "moral and spiritual re-armament" and later in life, in 1947, he became a Catholic. Among his literary production is a dissertation on Queen Christina of Sweden, who abdicated as a result of her own conversion to Catholicism, which was published in 1959.
In 1984, the Belgian biographer Joris Taels published a biography of Stolpe.
He is buried in Vadstena cemetery.Sveriges Television, "Gäst hos Hagge", 10 September 1977.
Bibliography
*''Två generationer'', Stockholm, 1929 *''I dödens väntrum'', 1930 *''Livsdyrkare: studier i modern primitivism'', Stockholm, 1931 * Together with Ernst Robert Curtius: ''Den franska kulturen : en orientering'', Stockholm, 1932 *''Sigfrid Siwertz'', Stockholm, 1933 *''Hjalmar Söderberg'', Stockholm, 1934 *''Kristna falangen'', 1934 *''Diktens frihet'', Stockholm, 1935 *''Det svenska geniet och andra studier'', Stockholm, 1935 *''Kristna falangen: franska essäer. Ny samling'', 1936 *''Oxfordprofiler'', Stockholm, 1938 *''I smältdegeln: Inlägg och skisser'', 1941 *''Fem norrmän: Christopher Bruun, Eivind Berggrav, Arne Fjellbu, Ronald Fangen, Fredrik Ramm'', Stockholm, 1942 *''General von Döbeln'' 1942 (screenplay) * ''Imprisoned Women'' 1943 (screenplay) *''En dag skall gry'' 1944 (screenplay) * ''His Excellency (1944 film), His Excellency'' 1944 (screenplay) * ''We Need Each Other (film), We Need Each Other'' 1944 (screenplay) * ''Crime and Punishment (1945 film), Crime and Punishment'' 1945 (screenplay) *''Francois Mauriac och andra essayer'', 1947 *''Lätt, snabb och öm'', 1947 *''Änglar och demoner: karikatyrer och skisser'', Stockholm, 1948 *''Den glömda vägen'', Stockholm, 1949 *''Stefan George och andra studier'', Stockholm, 1956 *''Ungdom'', Uppsala, 1957 *''Student -23'', Uppsala, 1958 *''Från stoicism till mystik: studier i drottning Kristinas maximer'', Stockholm, 1959 *''Drottning Kristina'', Stockholm, 1960-1961 *''Klara: komedi i fem akter'', 1962 *''I dödens skugga'' 1962 *''Tre franska författare: essäer om André Gide, François Mauriac, Georges Bernanos'', Stockholm, 1963 *''Dag Hammarskjölds andliga väg'', Stockholm, 1964 *''Låt mig berätta'', Stockholm, 1970 *''Låt mig berätta mer, minnen och anekdoter, Stockholm, 1971 *''Svenska folkets litteraturhistoria'', Stockholm, 1972 *''Memoarer'', Stockholm, 1974-1976 *''Erik Gustaf Geijer, Geijer : en essay'', Stockholm, 1976 * ''Birgitta i Sverige och i Rom'', Stockholm *''Tål ni höra mer? : minnen och anekdoter'', Stockholm, 1976 *''Olof Lagercrantz'', Stockholm, 1980 *''40 svenska författare'', Höganäs, 1980 *''Livets löjen: glada minnen och bagateller'', Stockholm, 1983 *''Nikolaj Berdjajev'', Borås, 1983 *''Äventyr i Paris - och annorstädes : essayer av Sven Stolpe 1934-1974'', Höganäs, 1984 *''Mitt Värmland'', Solna, 1985 *''Jeanne d'Arc: en biografi'', Höganäs, 1988 *''Francis of Assisi, Franciskus: lärjunge och diktare'', Borås, 1988 *''Tal till vänner'', Borås, 1990References
Further reading
Christoffersson, Birger. 1956. ''Sven Stolpe och den litterära debatten''. Stockholm: Bonnier. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolpe, Sven 1905 births 1996 deaths Writers from Stockholm Converts to Roman Catholicism Swedish Roman Catholics Swedish-language writers Swedish male writers Swedish translators Swedish literary scholars Swedish critics 20th-century translators Knights of Malta 20th-century male writers 20th-century Swedish journalists