Kjell Erik Espmark (19 February 1930 – 18 September 2022) was a Swedish writer, literary historian, 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 ...

, and Professor of the History of Literature at

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, s ...

. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 5 March 1981 and admitted on 20 December 1981. Kjell Espmark succeeded the linguist

Elias Wessén Elias Wessén (15 April 1889 – 30 January 1981) was a prominent Swedish linguist and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Stockholm University (1928–1956). In 1947, he was honoured with one of the 18 seats at the Swedish Academy (which for ...

to Seat No.16. On 6 April 2018 Espmark announced that he would no longer participate in the work of the Academy, but returned to his seat in January 2019.

Bibliography

* Mordet på Benjamin (1956) * Världen genom kameraögat (1958) * Mikrokosmos (1961) * Livsdyrkaren Artur Lundkvist : studier i hans lyrik till och med Vit man (1964) * Det offentliga samtalet (1968) * Harry Martinson erövrar sitt språk : en studie i hans lyriska metod 1927-1934 (1970) * Samtal under jorden (1972) * Det obevekliga paradiset (1975) * Att översätta själen : en huvudlinje i modern poesi – från Baudelaire till surrealismen (1975) * Sent i Sverige (1976) * Själen i : en huvudlinje i modern svensk poesi (1977) * Försök till liv (1979) * Elias Wessén : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1981) * Tecken till Europa (1982) * Resans formler: en studie i Tomas Tranströmers poesi (1983) * Den hemliga måltiden (1984) * (1985) * Glömskan (1987) * Missförståndet (1989) * Föraktet (1991) * När vägen vänder (1992) * Lojaliteten (1993) * Hatet (1995) * Revanschen (1996) * Glädjen (1997) * Det andra livet (1998) * Glömskans tid (1999) * De levande har inga gravar (2002) * Utanför kalendern (2003) * Béla Bartók mot Tredje riket (2004) * Harry Martinson – mästaren (2005) * Motvilliga historier (2006) * Vintergata (2007) * Albatrossen på däcket (2008) * Det enda nödvändiga : dikter 1956-2009 (2010) * Marx i London och andra pjäser (2011) * Lend Me Your Voice (2011), poetry, English translation by Robin Fulton * I vargtimmen (2012) * Outside the Calendar (2012), poetry, English translation by Robin Fulton * Hoffmanns försvar (2013) * Den inre rymden (2014) * Resan till Thule (2017) * Kvällens frihet (2019) * Återliv (2021)

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* 1930 births 2022 deaths