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Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Per Olov Enquist at the Swedish Sports Awards inside theStockholm Globe Arenain Stockholm, Sweden in January 2013
Born(1934-09-23)23 September 1934
Hjoggböle, Sweden
Died25 April 2020(2020-04-25)(aged 85)
Vaxholm,Sweden
OccupationJournalist, playwright and novelist
LanguageSwedish
Period1961–2020
Notable workThe Visit of the Royal Physician
Enquist presenting himself at the Gothenburg bookfair in 2012.

Per Olov Enquist,also known asP. O. Enquist,(23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020)[1]was aSwedishauthor.[2]He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist.

Biography[edit]

Enquist was born and raised inHjoggböle,a village in present-daySkellefteå Municipality,Västerbotten.He was the only son of a single mother, who became a widow when he was half a year old. In his youth, he was a promising athlete with ahigh jumppersonal best of 1.97 meters.[3]He studied atUppsala University,receiving a degree in thehistory of literature.[4]

During his time in Uppsala he started writing, his first novelKristallögatbeing published in 1961, and became a newspaper journalist.[3]Enquist won theNordic Council's Literature Prizein 1968 forLegionärerna,his account ofSweden's deportation of Baltic-country soldiersat the end of the second world war which also became his international breakthrough.[3][5]He would write several more books based on true events, includingKapten Nemos bibliotek(1991) aboutBureåfallet[sv]where two newly born boys wereaccidentally switched,Livläkarens besök(1999),Lewis resa(2001) aboutPentecostalistLewi Pethrus,andBoken om Blanche och Marie(2004) aboutMarie Curieand mental patientMarie "Blanche" Wittman.[6][7][8]Enquist's first stage play wasTribadernas natt(1975), a story about Swedish authorAugust Strindberg,his soon-to-be ex-wifeSiri von Essen,and von Essen's presumed loverMarie David[sv].[9][10][11]

Awards for his writing have included theDobloug Prizein 1988,[12]theSelma Lagerlöf Prizein 1997,[9]and the ItalianFlaiano Prizein 2002.[13]Besides books and stage plays, Enquist also wrote screenplays for motion pictures, includingPelle Erövraren(1987) andHamsun(1996),[14]and at the27th Guldbagge Awardsin 1993, Enquist was nominated for the award for Best Screenplay for the filmIl Capitano: A Swedish Requiem.[15]He also received theIndependent Foreign Fiction Prizeas well as theNelly Sachs Prizein 2003 forLivläkarens besök,based on the true story ofJohann Friedrich Struensee,who was the mentally ill Danish KingChristian VII's physician, and his political machinations and relationship with Christian's wifeCaroline Matildain the 1770s.[16][17]Livläkarens besökalso became the first of two books Enquist wrote that were awarded theAugust Prize,the other being his 2008 autobiographyEtt annat liv.[4]Enquist was awarded theAustrian State Prize for European Literaturein 2009 and theSwedish Academy's Nordic Prizein 2010.[3]

Enquist died on 25 April 2020 after a prolonged struggle with cancer.[18][19]

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Författaren PO Enquist är död".Sveriges Television.26 April 2020.Retrieved26 April2020.
  2. ^"Österrikiskt kulturpris till P.O. Enquist".Nyheter(in Swedish). 26 July 2010.Retrieved25 July2011.
  3. ^abcdefgh"Författaren P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år gammal".expressen.se(in Swedish). 26 April 2020.Retrieved26 April2020.
  4. ^abKramsjö, Britta (26 April 2020)."P O Enquist är död – författaren blev 85 år".Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish).ISSN1101-2412.Retrieved26 April2020.
  5. ^abcde"Författaren PO Enquist är död".Aftonbladet(in Swedish). 26 April 2020.Retrieved26 April2020.
  6. ^abcdefghi"P.O. Enquist".Nationalencyklopedin.Retrieved26 April2020.
  7. ^abTT/Ekot."Författaren P O Enquist är död".Sveriges Radio(in Swedish).Retrieved27 April2020.
  8. ^Enquist, Per Olov (12 December 2019).Kapten Nemos bibliotek(in Swedish). Norstedts.ISBN978-91-1-309987-3.
  9. ^abcdef"Per Olov Enquist".norstedts.se(in Swedish).Retrieved26 April2020.
  10. ^"Tribadernas natt".teaterstockholm.se.Retrieved27 April2020.
  11. ^Spindler, Ylva Lagercrantz (25 October 2012)."Heta tribader i tulpantofflor".Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish).ISSN1101-2412.Retrieved27 April2020.
  12. ^"Doblougprisen".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian Bokmål).Retrieved26 April2020.
  13. ^Flaiano, Premi."Flaiano International Awards Winners year 2002".en.premiflaiano.Retrieved26 April2020.
  14. ^"Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris".svenskaakademien.se.Retrieved26 April2020.
  15. ^"Il Capitano (1991)".Swedish Film Institute. 17 March 2014.
  16. ^"The Visit of the Royal Physician, Per Olov Enquist, trans. Tiina".The Independent.12 April 2003.Archivedfrom the original on 8 August 2021.Retrieved26 April2020.
  17. ^TT (19 September 2003)."P O Enquist får Nelly Sachs-priset".Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish).ISSN1101-2412.Retrieved26 April2020.
  18. ^"P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år".Dagens Nyheter.26 April 2020.Retrieved26 April2020.
  19. ^"Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies".BBC News.26 April 2020.Retrieved27 April2020.
  20. ^abcdefghLundqvist, Olle (26 April 2020)."P O Enquist har avlidit – han blev 85 år gammal – Norran".norran.se(in Swedish).Retrieved26 April2020.
  21. ^"KULTUR: Han förenade politiken och konsten".Aftonbladet(in Swedish). 11 July 2016.Retrieved26 April2020.
  22. ^"Politiken hos Enquist".Aftonbladet(in Swedish). 27 May 2017.Retrieved26 April2020.
  23. ^Kåreland, Lena (25 August 2003)."Spännande - men allt för privat".Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish).ISSN1101-2412.Retrieved26 April2020.
  24. ^"Per Olov Enquist: Den tredje grottans hemlighet".expressen.se(in Swedish). November 2010.Retrieved26 April2020.

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