Sivar Arnér (13 March 1909 – 13 January 1997) was a Swedish novelist and playwright.

Biography

Sivar Arnér was born at Arby parish in

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Jönköping County, Jönköping, Blekinge County, Blekinge and Östergötland County, Östergötland. To the ...

, Sweden. Arnér was the son of the merchant Ernst Arnér and Hilda Nilsson. His brother Gotthard Arnér (1913–2002) was a cathedral organist first at Växjö Cathedral and later at

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in Stockholm. His brother Ivar Arnér (1921–1986) was an economist and chief financial officer of Gothenburg Railways. He attended

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where he received his Ph.D. in 1932. He was employed as a teacher at

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, Skara and

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until 1948. He subsequently settled in

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to become a full-time writer. Among his novels are ''Plånbok borttappad'' (1943), ''Knekt och klerk'' (1945) and ''Tvärbalk'' (1963). Arnér also published a number of dramas including ''Fem hörspel'' (1959) and Drottningen (1984). He was awarded 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 1971.

Personal life

He was married to the Hungarian-born artist and author Lenke Rothman (1929–2008). They were the parents of Elias Arnér (born 1966), noted professor in biochemistry at the Karolinska Institutet. Sivar Arnér died during 1997 in Stockholm and was buried at Voxtorp Church, Kalmar County.

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1909 births 1997 deaths People from Kalmar Municipality Lund University alumni 20th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish novelists Dobloug Prize winners Swedish male novelists Swedish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Swedish male writers {{Sweden-writer-stub