- Werner Aspenström
Karl Werner Aspenström (born
November 13 ,1918 , inNorrbärke ,Sweden ; diedJanuary 25 ,1997 ) was a Swedishpoet .He was a member of the
Swedish Academy , where he had Seat 12 from 1981 to 1997.Aspenström claimed that his motivation for writing was "writing for his cat", but apparently hinted that he meant someone else with that.
In 1989, together with
Lars Gyllensten andKerstin Ekman , he resigned from theSwedish Academy because of the academy’s response to theSalman Rushdie controversy, which was perceived as weak. He however claimed that this was not the sole reason for his resignation, but rather one amongst several other.He was a friend of
Stig Dagerman .Works
* "Förberedelse" (1943)
* "Oändligt Vårt Äventyr" (1945)
* "Snölegend" (1949)
* "Varelser" (1989)
* "Öva Sitt Eget" (2004)
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