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, 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
Storkyrkan in Stockholm.
His brother Ivar Arnér (1921-1986) was an economist and chief financial officer of Gothenburg Railways.
He attended
Lund University where he received his
Ph.D. in 1932.
He was employed as a teacher at
Karlskrona
Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Swed ...
,
Skara and
Norrköping
Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...
until 1948.
He subsequently settled in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
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 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
Elias Arnér (Elias S. J. Arnér; born 2 March 1966) is a Swedish professor in biochemistry active in the fields of redox biology and cancer research. He studied medicine at Karolinska Institutet and became a medical doctor in 1997. He receiv ...
(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.
References
External links
1909 births
1997 deaths
People from Kalmar County
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
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