Per Olov Enquist

Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist
Born	23 September 1934 (1934-09-23) (age 77) Hjoggböle, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden
Occupation	Journalist, Playwright and Novelist
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Swedish

Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, (born 23 September 1934 in Hjoggböle, Skellefteå, Västerbotten) is a Swedish author^[1]. He has worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist. In the nineties, he gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician.

Biograpohy

After a degree in history of literature at Uppsala University he worked as a newspaper columnist and TV debate moderator from 1965 to 1976. Because of his work he soon became an influential figure on the Swedish literary scene. From 1970 to 1971 Enquist lived in Berlin on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and in 1973 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been working as an independent writer since 1977.

Enquist's works are characterized by a chronic pessimistic view of the world. They always describe the restrictions imposed by the pietistical way of living, especially in March of the Musicians (1978) and Lewi's Journey (2001). He gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician (1999) where he tells the story of Johann Friedrich Struensee, the personal physician of the Danish King Christian VII.

Some of Enquist's works have been translated into English by Tiina Nunnally.

Recognition

He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1968 with a recounting of Sweden's deportation of Baltic-country soldiers at the end of the second world war. His recognition went on to include the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1977, the Dobloug Prize in 1988, and the Italian the Flaiano Prize in 2002. He also received the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize as well as the Nelly Sachs Prize in 2003 for Livläkarens Besök (titled in English translation as "The Visit of the Royal Physician"). In 2010, Enquist was awarded The Austrian State Prize for European Literature for his great storytelling.

Bibliography

• Kristallögat (1961)
• Färdvägen (1963)
• The magnetist's fifth winter (Magnetisörens femte vinter) (1964). ISBN 0-7043-2721-X
• Bröderna Casey (1964)
• Sextiotalskritik (1966)
• Hess (1966)
• Legionärerna: En roman om baltutlämningen (1968)
• Sekonden (1971)
• Katedralen i München och andra berättelser (1972). ISBN 91-1-725731-X
• Berättelser från de inställda upprorens tid (1974). ISBN 91-1-741212-9
• The night of the tribades (Tribadernas natt) (1975)
• Chez Nous (1976). ISBN 91-1-761481-3
• The march of the musicians (Musikanternas uttåg) (1978). ISBN 0-7043-0190-3
• Mannen på trottoaren (1979). ISBN 91-1-791381-0
• Till Fedra (1980). Based on the myth of Phaedra. ISBN 91-1-801061-X
• Ett triptyk (1981). ISBN 91-1-811312-5
• Rain snakes (Från regnormarnas liv) (1981)
• Doktor Mabuses nya testamente (1982). ISBN 91-1-811762-7
• Strindberg. Ett liv (1984). ISBN 91-1-841622-5
• Downfall: a love story (Nedstörtad ängel) (1985). ISBN 0-7043-2612-4
• Två reportage om idrott (1986). Earlier printed as Katedralen i München och andra berättelser. ISBN 91-1-861652-6
• Protagoras sats (1987). ISBN 91-1-871292-4
• The hour of the lynx (I lodjurets timma) (1988). ISBN 91-1-881241-4
• Captain Nemo's library (Kapten Nemos bibliotek) (1991). ISBN 0-7043-7019-0
• Plays (Dramatik) (1991/2004). Contains The night of the tribades, Rain snakes, The hour of the lynx and The image makers. ISBN 91-1-912571-2 / ISBN 0-413-77200-4
• Kartritarna (1992). ISBN 91-1-921562-2
• The visit of the royal physician (Livläkarens besök) (1999). ISBN 0-09-944705-3
• Lewi's Journey (Lewis resa) (2001). ISBN 1585673412
• Boken om Blanche och Marie (2004). ISBN 91-1-301360-2 English translation as The Book about Blanche and Marie, 2006 ISBN 1-58567-668-3
• Ett annat liv ("A different life", autobiography) (2008). ISBN 91-1-301893-0

References

1. ^ "Österrikiskt kulturpris till P.O. Enquist" (in Swedish). Nyheter. 26 July 2010. http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/sok.php?id=191760&lookfor=&sokvariant=arkivet&advanced=yes&antal=10. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 

External links

• Liukkonen, Petri (2008). Biography of Per Olov Enquist "Per Olov Enquist (1934-)". www.kirjasto.sci.fi. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/enquist.htm Biography of Per Olov Enquist. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
• Per Olov Enquist at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Enquist, Per Olov
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Date of birth	23 September 1934
Place of birth	Hjoggböle, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden
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