Eyvind Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eyvind Johnson

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1900

Place of Birth: Boden, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1976

Profession: writer, architect, poet, translator, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer.
Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.