Jesper Svenbro (born 10 March 1944) is a Swedish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

classical philologist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

, and member of the

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Biography

Svenbro was born in

Landskrona Landskrona is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona to the island of Ven, an ...

Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

, Sweden. He was educated at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1976 for his dissertation , on the origin of ancient Greek

poetics Poetics is the study or theory of poetry, specifically the study or theory of device, structure, form, type, and effect with regards to poetry, though usage of the term can also refer to literature broadly. Poetics is distinguished from hermeneu ...

. Other works include '':'' (1988). He is director of research at Centre Louis Gernet ( CRCSA) in Paris. In 2006, he was elected a member of the

, succeeding the poet

Östen Sjöstrand Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925 in Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Sweden, Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975 and was a member of the Academy's Nobel Committee in Literature, Nobel committee b ...

in seat 8. His poetry has been translated into English by the Swedish critic Lars-Håkan Svensson and the American poet John Matthias, and appearing, among other venues, in the journal ''Samizdat'' and the volume ''The Three-Toed Gull: Selected Poems,'' published by

Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press is an American publishing house affiliated with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It publishes 70 new titles each year in the areas of continental philosophy, poetry, Slavic and German literary criticis ...

. In 2010, Svenbro was awarded 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 the eighth size by the Swedish government.

Bibliography

* (1966) * (1976) * (1979) * (1984) * : (1988) * (1988) * (1991) * (1991) * * (1994) * (1996) * (1999) * ''Lepidopterology'' (1999) * (1999) * (2001) * (2002) * (2002) * (2005) * (2006) * (2007) * (2008) * (2011) * (2011) * = (2011) * (2013) * ''Hill, Hill, Hill'' (2014) * (2015) * (2015)

References

Jesper Svenbro
official presentation at Centre Louis Gernet
SvD:s litteraturpristagare pendlar mellan samtiden och antiken
, interview in ''

Svenska Dagbladet (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily List of Swedish newspapers, newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the pap ...

'', 28 November 2005.
Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien
, official press release from the Swedish Academy 1944 births Living people People from Landskrona Writers from Skåne County Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish male writers Swedish-language writers Hellenists Recipients of the Illis quorum {{Sweden-bio-stub