Name Karl Gierow Role Author | Died 1982 | |
Karl Ragnar Knut Gierow (April 2, 1904 - October 30, 1982) was a Swedish theater director, author and translator. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1961 and its permanent secretary from 1964 to 1977.
Gierow was born and gew up in Helsingborg. He enrolled at Lund University in 1922, and received a licentiate degree in 1934.
He was the head of the literary section of Svenska Dagbladet in 1946–51. Between 1951 and 1963 Gierow was managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and during his time many new European (and controversial) plays was performed there, for instance plays by Bertolt Brecht, Jean-Paul Sartre and Eugene O'Neill. Gierow directed plays himself during all his time as managing director.
Gierow wrote poetry, lyrics for popular songs, plays, essays and screenplays. He received several awards for his writing, including the Bellman Prize in 1977.