Jacques Werup

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Name Jacques Werup Role Musician		Movies As White as in Snow

Albums Provinsens Ljus, Brev i natten fran Jacques Werup, Martisson: Dreams Awards Samfundet De Nios stora pris Similar People Lill Lindfors, Jan Troell, Thomas Lindahl, Osten Sjostrand, Gerard Bessette

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Jacques Werup, (14 January 1945 – 12 November 2016) was a Swedish musician, author, poet, stage artist and screenwriter, born in Malmö. Werup's poetry is often associated to jazz. He was a childhood friend of Mikael Wiehe and Göran Skytte and had his first novel published in 1971. He has co-written many songs with long-time collaborator and composer Michael Saxell for various projects including Gör mig lite levande which is a CD and nationwide stage show with Swedish singer Lill Lindfors and En känsla av ljus, which is a concert Werup and Saxell wrote and performed with Mats Ronander and Benneth Fagerlund. Werup lived in Ystad.

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In 1997 Werup got the Ferlinpriset together with Ola Magnell, and was 2003 awarded a scholarship by the Swedish Royal Academy. Was also awarded Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris in 1980.