Sven Delblanc ( May 26, 1931 - December 15, 1992) was
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author and professor of literature.
Born in
Swan River,
Manitoba
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, Canada, Deblanc died in
Gottsunda Parish
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The name is derived from the farm Gottsunda, and G ...
,
Uppsala
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, and is buried in
Hammarby kyrkogård in Uppsala, Sweden.
Delblanc was an Associate Professor in the history of literature at
Uppsala University
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since 1965. He received the
Aftonbladet Literature Prize in 1965. Before his death he was pointed out as the anonymous writer
Bo Balderson.
He was born in Canada but grew up near
Vagnhärad
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Landslide
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, Sweden. His parents divorced and the father, Siegfried Axel Herman Delblanc, remarried. His paternal grandfather, Friedrich Hermann Delblanc, a
bookmaker
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History
The first bookmaker, Ogden, stood at Newmarket in 1795.
Range of events
Book ...
in
Stockholm, was from
Leipzig
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,
Saxony
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,
Germany
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. Sven Delblanc's maternal relatives were from
Väse
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in
Värmland
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in the West of Sweden. His maternal grandmother came from Norway. His maternal grandfather, Axel Nordfält, was the inspiration to the character Samuel in ''
Samuels bok'' (1981).
[Delblanc, Sven. ''Livets ax''. Bonniers, 1991. p. 84.]
The Swedish television series ''
Hedebyborna'' (1978) is based on Delblanc's series of novels ''Åminne'' (1970), ''Stenfågel'' (1973), ''Vinteride'' (1974) and ''Stadsporten'' (1976).
Bibliography
Television
* 1968 – ''
Lekar i kvinnohagen'' (manuscript)
* 1978 – ''
Hedebyborna'' (manuscript)
* 1986 – ''
Prästkappan'' (book)
* 1990 – ''
Kära farmor'' (manuscript)
* 1992 – ''
Maskeraden'' (manuscript)
Theater
* ''Kastrater'' (1977)
Awards and merits
* Aftonbladets litteraturpris (1965)
* BMF-plaketten (1970)
* Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris (1970)
* Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris(1970)
* Zornpriset (1970)
* Sixten Heymans pris (1974)
* BMF-plaketten (1981)
* Nordiska rådets litteraturpris (1982) for ''Samuels bok''
* Övralidspriset (1985)
* Pilotpriset (1986)
* Kellgrenpriset (1989)
* Augustpriset (1991) for ''Livets ax''
* BMF-plaketten (1991)
* Gerard Bonniers pris (1992)
Footnotes
External links
*
Sven Delblanc Society*
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1931 births
1992 deaths
20th-century Swedish novelists
Swedish-language writers
Writers from Manitoba
People from Swan River, Manitoba
Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
Litteris et Artibus recipients
Swedish male novelists
20th-century Swedish male writers