Occupation Poet, novelist Role Writer Name Torgny Lindgren | Period 1965– Nationality Swedish Spouse Stina Lindgren | |
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Born 16 June 1938 (age 86) Raggsjo, Norsjo, Vasterbotten, Sweden ( 1938-06-16 ) Notable works The Way of a SerpentSweetness Books Sweetness, The Way of a Serpent, Pölsan Movies The Serpent's Way, Brothers. The Final Confession, Make Believe Children Aina Lindgren, Ylva Lindgren, Torgils Lindgren Parents Andreas Lindgren, Helga Bjork Similar People Vilhelm Moberg, Lars Ahlin, Ivar Lo‑Johansson, Jan Fridegard, Werner Aspenstrom | ||
Consigli di lettura - La ricetta perfetta di Torgny Lindgren
Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer.
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- Consigli di lettura La ricetta perfetta di Torgny Lindgren
- Torgny lindgren om en konstn rs livsvillkor malou efter tio tv4
- The Way of a Serpent
- Awards and honours
- References
Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several years he was active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In the 1980s he converted to the Catholic faith.
Lindgren began as a poet in 1965 but had to wait until 1982 for his breakthrough, with the novel The Way of a Serpent (Swedish: Ormens väg på hälleberget). Lindgren's work was translated into more than thirty languages and was one of Sweden's most internationally successful contemporary writers. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1991.
Torgny lindgren om en konstn rs livsvillkor malou efter tio tv4
The Way of a Serpent
The Way of a Serpent tells the story of a farmer family in a poverty-stricken region in the northern parts of Sweden in the nineteenth century. The family formerly owned its land, but had to sell it cheap during a succession of years of famine. The new owner collects his rent as long as there is money in the household, and exploits the women when there is no money.
The novel was made into a film by Bo Widerberg in 1986.
Awards and honours
Lindgren received honorary doctorates from Linköping University (in 1990) and Umeå University (in 2000). He also received a number of other awards, including the following.