Sven Lidman (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sven Lidman (writer)

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1882

Place of Birth: Karlskrona, Blekinge County, Sweden

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1960

Profession: writer, priest, poet

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Sven Lidman (writer)

  • Carl Hindrik Sven Rudolphsson Lidman (June 30, 1882 – February 14, 1960)—military officer, poet, writer, and preacher, grandson of the priest Sven Lidman—was born in Karlskrona, became a sublieutenant in the Swedish royal army reserve in 1903, and studied law at Uppsala University.
  • He then began a promising career as a celebrated poet with PasiphaĂ« (1904), Primavera (1905), KĂ€llorna (1906), and Elden och altaret (1907).
  • He also wrote the dramas Imperia (1907) and HĂ€rskare (1908), before starting to write novels: Stensborg (1910), Thure Gabriel SilfverstĂ„Ă„hl (1910), Carl SilfverstĂ„Ă„hls upplevelser (2nd edition, 1912), KöpmĂ€n och krigare (3rd edition, 1911), TvedrĂ€ktens barn (1913), and Det levande fĂ€derneshuset (1916).
  • In 1917 he went through a religious revival, which came out in his novels Huset med de gamla fröknarna (5th edition, 1919), SĂ„som genom eld (5th edition, 1920), Bryggan hĂ„ller (1923), and Personlig frĂ€lsning (1924).
  • In 1921 he joined the fast-growing Swedish Pentecostal movement, became the editor of its magazine Evangelii HĂ€rold, and was considered the movement's second-leading person next to founder Lewi Pethrus. Lidman's autobiography was published in four parts: Gossen i grottan (1952), LĂ„gan och lindansaren (1952), Mandoms möda (1954), and VĂ€llust och vedergĂ€llning (1957).
  • A biography was written by Knut Ahnlund, Sven Lidman: ett livsdrama (1996, ISBN 91-7486-316-9).
  • Biographic and historic details also appear in Per Olov Enquist's 2001 novel Lewis Resa ('Levi's journey'), and in autobiographies by the younger Sven Lidman. Lidman is interred in the family grave with his grandfather.

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