#heidenstam

[notallsandmen]

The epitome of 19th century literary bromance: August Strindberg writing to Verner von Heidenstam and asking whether he would like to order condoms from the pharmacy together, to save on shipping costs

[theshatterednotes]

1916 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature: Verner von Heidenstam

[theshatterednotes]

Verner von Heidenstam

[detroitlib]

Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) 

Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916.  He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects. (Wikipedia)

From our stacks: ‘A Song to Heidenstam’ (by Stork?) and poem ‘Fame’ from Sweden’s Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam. Translated from the Swedish with an Introduction by Charles Wharton Stork. New Haven: Yale University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press, 1919.

[rehnstroem-book]

Mats Rehnström katalog 80. Moderniteter.

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[lonegard-blog]

Swedish writer Verner von Heidenstam, 1859-1940.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner_von_Heidenstam

[magnax23]

More from my Soundcloud... Me fooling around with a Korg MS-20. The voice is reading the poem "Världsalltet" by Heidenstam. It's from a cassette tape I bought dead cheap when visiting Övralid last summer.