Gösta Ågren

Gösta Ågren in 1968.

Sven Gösta Ågren (August 3, 1936 – June 24, 2020) was a Finnish author. He won the Finlandia Prize in 1988 for Jär.[1][2] Ågren wrote his works in Swedish.[3] He was known for his left-wing views.[4]

Ågren died on June 24, 2020, aged 83.[5]

Works

  • Ågren, Gösta (1992). A Valley in the Midst of Violence: Selected Poems [En dal i våldet]. Translated by David McDuff. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books. ISBN 1-85224-236-1.

References

  1. ↑ Bredsdorff, Elias (1990). Scandinavica, vols. 29–30. Academic Press.
  2. ↑ "Literary Awards of the Nordic Countries: Finland – The Finlandia Prize Archived 2017-10-28 at the Wayback Machine", ScandinavianBooks.com, retrieved 20 January 2010
  3. ↑ Poetics For The Gospels? Rethinking Narrative Criticism by Petri Merenlahti, p. 36.
  4. ↑ History of Finnish Literature by Jaakko Ahokas, p. 433.
  5. ↑ Gösta Ågren är död. Hufvudstadsbladet. (in Swedish)
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