Nationality Swedish Role Poet Name Johannes Anyuru | Notable work Staderna inuti Hall Period 2003– | |
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Born 23 March 1979 (age 45) Boras, Sweden ( 1979-03-23 ) Books En storm kom fran paradiset Nominations Nordic Council's Literature Prize | ||
Johannes anyuru and alexandru vakulovski reading in swedish romanian poetry night at icr stockholm
Johannes Anyuru (born 23 March 1979) is a Swedish poet and author.
Contents
- Johannes anyuru and alexandru vakulovski reading in swedish romanian poetry night at icr stockholm
- Johannes anyuru kanner sorg over terrorn som sprids i islams namn malou efter tio tv4
- Biography
- Honours
- References
Johannes anyuru kanner sorg over terrorn som sprids i islams namn malou efter tio tv4
Biography
Anyuru was born in Borås. His father is from Uganda and his mother is Swedish.
He debuted in 2003 with Det är bara gudarna som är nya (Only The Gods Are New), a poetry collection. In this collection of poems used Homer's epic Iliad as a background and inspiration for the portrayal of immigrant neighborhoods. A place that is often mentioned in his poetry is the area around Mörners road in Växjö, where Anyuru lived as a child. Reviews of this book linked his style to both older contemporary Swedish poets as Göran Sonnevi or Tomas Tranströmer, and hip hop band The Latin Kings. Anyurus second poetry collection, Omega, is a much more downbeat since it deals with the loss of a close friend to cancer. Anyurus third collection, Städerna inuti Hall (The Cities Inside Hall) was published in 2009 and describes sad socio-political landscape.
His fourth book Skulle jag dö under andra himlar (If I Were to Die Under Other Skies) is not a poetry book, but prose.
He has also worked with spoken word as part of the group Broken Word and a touring performance with National Theatre Company called Abstrakt rap. Both projects has been released as CD's.
In December 2009 he debuted with his first play Förvaret (Defence), at Gothenburg City Theatre, co-written with Aleksander Motturi.
During the summer of 2010, he was one of several hosts of legendary radio program Sommar.