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Apr 28, 1907 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 27 Jun 1979 (aged 72)
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About E. N. Tigerstedt
- Eugène Napoleon Tigerstedt (usually known as E.N.
- Tigerstedt) was born April 28, 1907 in Warsaw and died June 27, 1979 on the island of Samos in Greece.
- He was a Finnish-Swedish academic.
- In his lifetime, Tigerstedt was one of the leading and most respected literary historians in Scandinavia and is best known internationally for his contributions to Plato scholarship. Tigerstedt became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1939, a docent (assistant professor) in 1941, and a professor in 1946 at the University of Helsinki.
- He was a literary critic at the newspapers Svenska Pressen ('Swedish Press,' 1938–1941) and Hufvudstadsbladet ('Journal of the Capital,' 1941–1946). In 1948, he left Finland and moved to Stockholm where he became a literary editor at the publishing houses Natur & Kultur and later Bonniers.
- At Natur & Kultur, he became something of a pioneer in introducing modern science fiction to Sweden, and was involved in the publication of the series 'Tomorrow's Adventure.' Later, however, when a hopeful student wanted to write his dissertation on H.
- G.
- Wells, Tigerstedt replied to his proposal with the words: "The candidate has misunderstood the subject.
- Science fiction is not literature."Between 1956 and 1973 he was Professor of Literary History with Poetics (later 'Literature') at Stockholm University.
- He was also active as a literary critic at the Svenska Dagbladet ('Swedish Daily'). Tigerstedt published other books (partly with collaborators) on Bertrand Russell, Dante, part of Bonnier's General Literature from 1959 to 1964, as well as New Illustrated Swedish Literature in 1967.
