Birger Norman (30 July 1914 – 13 September 1995) was a Swedish journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer.

Biography

Birger Norman was born at Svanö in

Kramfors Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010. The town grew on the western bank of the Ångerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs ...

, Sweden. He was raised in the historic province of

Ångermanland Ångermanland ( or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland. The name is derived from the ...

. He first worked as a journalist and chronicler with the magazine . He made his literary debut in 1951, with the poetry collection . He received the Litterturfrämjandets stora pris in 1971 and the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

in 1989 as well as the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gusta ...

in 1991. He died in Stockholm in 1995. The Birger Norman Society () was formed in April 2004.

References

External links

Birger Normansällskapet website
1914 births 1995 deaths Swedish male poets 20th-century Swedish novelists 20th-century Swedish non-fiction writers 20th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights Dobloug Prize winners Swedish male novelists Swedish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish male writers 20th-century Swedish journalists Swedish male non-fiction writers Recipients of the Illis quorum People from Kramfors Municipality {{Sweden-writer-stub