K. G. Ossiannilsson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

K. G. Ossiannilsson

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1875

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1970

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Karl Gustav Ossiannilsson (originally Karl Gustav Ossian Nilsson, July 30, 1875 – March 14, 1970) was a Swedish author and translator. Ossiannilsson studied at Lund University between 1894 and 1897, and thereafter he worked as a private tutor and as a teacher in private schools for a few years.
Although his first book appeared in 1895, Ossiannilsson became known to a broader public during the years 1900 to 1901, when he published three collections of poetry: Fem dikter, Masker, and Hedningar. In his early days Ossiannilsson was a Social democrat, but he gradually drifted towards other views.
In 1928 he joined the right-wing and pro-Nazi party National League of Sweden.
He remained a member until the beginning of World War II and when he left he wrote an anti-Nazi poem "Till en förtryckare" ("To an oppressor"). Ossiannilsson wrote numerous novels, books of poetry, plays, essays, and pamphlets, as well as a couple of screenplays.