Verner von Heidenstam

Novelist, Author

1859 – 1940

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Who was Verner von Heidenstam?

Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.

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Born
Jul 6, 1859
Olshammar
Also known as
  • Heidenstam, Verner von
Nationality
  • Sweden
Profession
Died
May 20, 1940
Övralid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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