Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925, Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the

Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority. Outside Scandinavia, it is b ...

in 1975.

Biography

Östen Sjöstrand gave his introductory speech in the Swedish Academy about the Swedish writer

Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his ...

, who preceded him at the same chair. As a poet he debuted in 1949 with ''Unio'', which was marked by the post-war agony of the Swedish 1940s poetry. He was above all inspired of French poetry. Music was another source of inspiration for Östen Sjöstrand. In cooperation with Sven-Erik Bäck he wrote a pair of operas, including ''Gästabudet''.

Bibliography

*''Unio'' (1949) *''Invigelse'' (1950) *''Återvändo'' (1953) *''Ande och verklighet'' (1954) *''Dikter mellan midnatt och gryning'' (1954) *''Främmande mörker, främmande ljus'' (1955) *''Dikter 1949–1955'' (1958) *''Hemlöshet och hem'' (1958) *''Världen skapas varje dag'' (1960) *''De gåtfulla hindren och andra dikter'' (1961) *''En vinter i Norden'' (1963) *''I vattumannens tecken'' (1967) *''Ensamma stjärnor, en gemensam horisont'' (1970) *''Drömmen är ingen fasad'' (1971) *''Fantasins nödvändighet'' (1971) *''Pär Lagerkvist'' (1975) *''Strömöverföring'' (1977) *''Dikter'' (1981) *''Strax ovanför vattenlinjen'' (1984) *''På återvägen från Jasna Góra'' (1987) *''Sprickorna i stenen'' (1994)

References

;Further reading * Swedish poets Swedish translators 1925 births 2006 deaths Swedish male poets 20th-century Swedish poets 20th-century translators 20th-century Swedish male writers Members of the Swedish Academy {{Sweden-translator-stub