- Lars Forssell
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell (
January 14 ,1928 ndashJuly 26 ,2007 ) was a Swedish writer and member of theSwedish Academy . Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within manygenre s, includingpoetry ,drama andsongwriting . He was married from 1951 until his death toKerstin Hane , and was the father ofJonas Forssell .Lars Forssell was born in
Stockholm ,Sweden in 1928. He attended a local elementary school calledKungsholms Folkskola , which, at the beginning of the twentieth century, was the world's largest elementary school - the school had a capacity of 3,800 pupils, but since not all of them attended school every day, they were taught in shifts and according to theCity Museum of Stockholm , the total number of enrolled pupils was over 6,000.He studied in the
United States during the 1940s, returned to Sweden to study for a degree at theUniversity of Uppsala in 1952 and became a cultural reporter for various Swedish newspapers and journals ("Utsikt ,Bonniers Litterära Magasin ,Poesi ,Dagens Nyheter " and "Expressen "). At the same time, he became established as a lyricist forcabaret shows and his own reviews (including "Två åsnor" ("A Pair of Donkeys") which was staged inGothenburg in 1957). His collections of poetry won him membership of the Swedish Academy in 1971, while his song lyrics brought him widespread public recognition. During the 1970s he worked tirelessly as a poet and as a song-contest lyricist, including writing for the 1973 SwedishEurovision Song Contest entry selection round (Melodifestivalen ) and for performer Lill-Babs in 1980.He was awarded the
Bellman Prize in both 1968 and 1981, thePilot Prize in 1992, theLitteris et Artibus award in 1993, theCornelis Vreeswijk scholarship in 1997 and the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize in 1998. His works include anthologies of poetry, books of song lyrics, children's books, plays, operaticlibretto s and translations. Lars Forssell died in Stockholm in 2007.External links
* [http://www.thelocal.se/8005/20070726/ The Local: Author Lars Forssell dead]
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NAME = Forssell, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy
DATE OF BIRTH =January 14 ,1928
PLACE OF BIRTH =Stockholm ,Sweden
DATE OF DEATH =July 26 ,2007
PLACE OF DEATH =Stockholm ,Sweden
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