Olle Hedberg

Carl Olof (Olle) Hedberg (May 31, 1899, Norrköping, Sweden – September 20, 1974, Verveln, Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish author.

Hedberg is best known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values.^[1] Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.

His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist.^[2] He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.

Novels translated into English

• Prisoner's base, 1932 (Rymmare och fasttagare 1930)
• Animals in cages, 1962 (Djur i bur, 1959)

Notes

1. ^ (April 1, 1995). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-042-6. Page 528.
2. ^ Seymour-Smith, Martin (1973). Funk & Wagnalls Guide to Modern World Literature. Funk & Wagnalls. ISBN 0-308-10079-4. Page 1025.

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Name	Hedberg, Olle
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Date of birth	May 31, 1899
Place of birth	Norrköping
Date of death	September 20, 1974
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