Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
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6 July 1859 Olshammar, Sweden
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Died |
20 May 1940 (aged 80) Övralid, Östergötland, Sweden
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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