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Apr 11, 1910 Died on 12 May 1995 (aged 85)
Swedish poet
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About Karl Vennberg
- Karl Vennberg (11 April 1910 – 12 May 1995) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator.
- Born in Blädinge, Alvesta Municipality, Kronoberg County as the son of a farmer, Vennberg studied at Lund University and in Stockholm and worked as a teacher of Norwegian in a Stockholm folk high school.
- His first poem "Hymn och hunger" ("Hymn and Hunger") was published in 1937.
- During his career, he published 20 collections of poetry.
- His literary criticism had an important influence on the Swedish literary scene.
- He also translated literary works into Swedish, among others Franz Kafka's The Trial. Generally considered a leading Swedish Modernist poet, several dissertations has been written about Vennberg's works.
- His poems are analytical but also often make use of irony.
- Vennberg is often said to be influenced by T.
- S.
- Eliot.
