Torgny Lindgren
Lindgren in 2007
Born	Gustav Torgny Lindgren ( 1938-06-16 ) 16 June 1938 Raggsjo , Norsjo , Vasterbotten , Sweden
Died	16 March 2017 (2017-03-16) (aged 78) Stockholm , Sweden
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1965?2017
Notable works	The Way of a Serpent Sweetness
Spouse	Stina
Children	Aina Ylva Torgils

Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 ? 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer. ^[1]

Life [ change | change source ]

Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Bjork. He studied in Umea to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several years he was active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party . In the 1980s he converted to the Catholic faith .

Lindgren died in Stockholm on 16 March 2017 from stomach cancer , aged 78. ^[2]

Career [ change | change source ]

Lindgren began as a poet in 1965 but had to wait until 1982 for his breakthrough, with the novel The Way of a Serpent (Swedish: Ormens vag pa halleberget ). Lindgren was translated into more than thirty languages and was one of Sweden's most internationally successful contemporary writers. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1991.

Awards and honors [ change | change source ]

• 1986 ? Prix Femina etranger (for Bathsheba )
• 1995 ? The August Prize (for Sweetness )
• 2000 ? The Selma Lagerlof Prize
• 2001 ? Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• 2002 ? Litteris et Artibus
• 2004 ? De Nios Stora Pris

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