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P.O. Enquist, 1934 - 2020

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Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies aged 85

Per Olov Enquist, one of Sweden's most acclaimed authors who wrote "The Visit of the Royal Physician," has died aged 85, his family told Swedish media on Sunday.

The patriarch of 20th century Scandinavian literature, Enquist is known for powerful stories that weave his own melancholic life into the dark side of history.

In his novels, plays and essays, he drew heavily on his own experience as an oppressed child in a strictly religious home, an athlete, a journalist and a destructive alcoholic.

Born in 1934 in Hjoggbole in Sweden's far north, his books -- including "The Crystal Eye" (1961), "The Parable Book" (2013), "The Magnetist's Fifth Winter" (1964) and "The March of the Musicians" (1978) -- have been translated into a dozen languages.

He won the 2001 August Prize, Swedish literature's top honour, for "The Visit of the Royal Physician", which earned him broad international fame and tells the story of a romance between the physician of the mad Danish King Christian VII and the queen.

Enquist, known in Sweden by his initials P.O., won a second August award with his impressive autobiography "A Different Life" (2008), its name an homage to "A Life" by August Strindberg, the father of modern Swedish literature.

"P.O. Enquist's importance for Swedish cultural life since the 1960s can't be exaggerated. He was the model for the socially-engaged poet who influenced generations of younger writers. It is empty and unthinkable that he is gone," wrote Bjorn Wiman, the culture editor of the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Bibliography

Kristallögat (1961)

Färdvägen (1963)

The magnetist's fifth winter (Magnetisörens femte vinter) (1964).

Bröderna Casey (1964)

Sextiotalskritik (1966)

Hess (1966)

Legionärerna: En roman om baltutlämningen (1968)

Sekonden (1971)

Katedralen i München och andra berättelser (1972).

Berättelser från de inställda upprorens tid (1974).

The night of the tribades (Tribadernas natt) (1975)

Chez Nous (1976).

The march of the musicians (Musikanternas uttåg) (1978).

Mannen på trottoaren (1979).

Till Fedra (1980). Based on the myth of Phaedra.

En triptyk (1981).

Rain snakes (Från regnormarnas liv) (1981)

Doktor Mabuses nya testamente (1982).

Strindberg. Ett liv (1984).

Downfall: a love story (Nedstörtad ängel) (1985).

Två reportage om idrott (1986). Earlier printed as Katedralen i München och andra berättelser.

Protagoras sats (1987).

The hour of the lynx (I lodjurets timma) (1988).

Captain Nemo's library (Kapten Nemos bibliotek) (1991).

Plays (Dramatik) (1991/2004). Contains The night of the tribades, Rain snakes, The hour of the lynx and The image makers.

Kartritarna (1992).

The Visit of the Royal Physician (Livläkarens besök) (1999).

Lewi's Journey (Lewis resa) (2001).

Boken om Blanche och Marie (2004). English translation as The Book about Blanche and Marie, 2006

Ett annat liv ("A different life", autobiography) (2008).

Liknelseboken: en kärlekshistoria (2013).

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En människa kan leva utan syn, en blind är också människa. Men blir man inte sedd, då är man ingenting.

Per Olov Enquist, Nedstörtad ängel