Bo Bergman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bo Bergman

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1869

Place of Birth: Stockholm City, Sweden

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1967

Profession: writer, poet, literary critic, autobiographer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Bo Bergman

  • Bo Hjalmar Bergman (6 October 1869 – 17 November 1967) was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death.
  • His works form the inspiration for works by several major Swedish composers, including: Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ture Rangström, and Karin Rehnqvist. Bergman was born and died in Stockholm, where he spent his entire working life as a postal official, retiring in 1933.
  • He started writing poetry whilst working for the Swedish postal service, his first poetry anthology, Marionettema, was published in 1903.
  • In addition to his postal duties, Bergman also worked as a literary critic for Ord och Bild from 1900 until 1904.
  • He worked for the major newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, and he also served as a theatre critic from 1905 until 1939. Bergman was a close friend of the pre-eminent Swedish novelist of his day, Hjalmar Söderberg, with whom he maintained an extensive correspondence extending from 1891 until Söderberg's death in 1941.
  • Like Söderberg, Bergman's writing was heavily influenced by the decadent movement, in particular the flâneur writings of Charles Baudelaire.
  • Bergman's early poetry is typically decadent and disillusioned, being informed by a determinist view of a changing world in which all value systems and all scientific and metaphysical processes of understanding the universe are meaningless.
  • Marionetterna, which translates as The Marionettes, supposes that the destinies of men are in the hands of a bearded old man in control of their every move.
  • Like Söderberg, Bergman's worldview gave way to a militant brand of humanism in his later works, a reaction against the growing threat of Nazism. Bergman is buried at the Norra begravningsplatsen.

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