Per Anders Fogelström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Per Anders Fogelström
- Per Anders Fogelström (22 August 1917, Stockholm – 20 June 1998) was a Swedish writer, and one of the leading figures in modern Swedish literature.
- He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of the more than 40 books he wrote in total is a series of five novels set in the Swedish capital that he dearly loved, describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968: Mina Drömmars stad (City of My Dreams), published in 1960, covers the period from 1860-1880. Barn av sin stad (Children of Their City), published in 1962, covers 1880-1900. Minns du den stad (Remember the City), published in 1964, covers 1900-1925. I en förvandlad stad (In a City Transformed), published in 1966, covers 1925-1945. Stad i världen (City in the World), published in 1968, covers 1945-1968.All five novels have been published in an English translation by Jennifer Brown Bäverstam. A film adaptation of City of My Dreams (Swedish: Mina drömmars stad) was released in 1976, directed by Ingvar Skogsberg, with narration from Fogelström. The 1950 film While the City Sleeps (Swedish: Medan staden sover) was adapted by Ingmar Bergman and director Lars-Eric Kjellgren from Fogelström's novel, and Bergman's taboo-breaking 1953 film Summer with Monika (Swedish: Sommaren med Monika) is based on Fogelström's 1951 novel of the same name.An active pacifist, Fogelström served as director of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (Swedish: Svenska freds- och skiljedomsföreningen) from 1963 to 1977.
- He was also a member of the Swedish Vietnam Committee (Swedish: Svenska Vietnamkommittén), an organization opposing the Vietnam War, and a strong opponent of nuclear weapons. He received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University in 1976, and was awarded the Swedish royal medal Litteris et Artibus in 1996.
- After his death, a bust of Fogelström was unveiled in Stockholm City Hall.
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