Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | April 15, 1931 |
Birth Place | Sweden |
Age | 89 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Mar 26, 2015 (age 83) |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
Swedish poet and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient whose well-known poetic works include The Sorrow Gondola, For the Living and the Dead, and Baltics. His friend and fellow poet, Robert Bly, translated many of his poetic works into English.
Before Fame
He published his debut poetry collection, Seventeen Poems, in 1954.
Trivia
After graduating from Stockholm University, he worked as a Psychologist for Juvenile Criminals.
Family Life
He was raised in Stockholm, Sweden by a schoolteacher mother. He married Monika Bladh.
Associated With
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature two years after Herta Muller earned the same honor.