Anders Österling

Johan Anders Osterling ( born April 13, 1884 in Helsingborg, † December 13, 1981 in Stockholm) was a Swedish poet, writer and journalist.

Life

Anders Osterling put 1904 in Lund, Abitur and studied also in Lund. From 1909 to 1919 he was Biobliothekar at the Lund University Library since 1919, he was a professional journalist and lived in Stockholm. Also in 1919 he was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, the Permanent Secretary, he was from 1941 to 1964. In this capacity, he took great influence on the choice of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Importance

In his first collection of poems Anders Osterling was strongly influenced by German and French influences. Soon, however, he found his own style: Description of nature and people, often based on motifs from his home Skåne, and the change of seasons as an image of transience. Österling resembled in his colleague Erik Axel Karlfeldt that he also made ​​his native landscape to the starting point of his poetry. In contrast to Karlfeldt Österling used but a more sober, restrained style. His poetry is often about beauty, affirmation of life against the background darker and experiences of human values. His most famous poem Ales stones from the collection of poems clays från havet (1933 ) sensitively and poetically describes the famous stone ship Ales stones of Kåseberga in Ystad. Anders Osterling belonged to the last generation of poets who began writing before the breakthrough of modernity.

Anders Osterling was also an important translator of seals from English, French, German and Danish. In addition, Anders Osterling made ​​a name as a literary critic and cultural journalist.

Works

• Preludier ( Preludes, 1904)
• Offerkranser (sacrificial wreaths, 1905)
• Nattens roaster ( Voices of the Night, 1906)
• Hälsningar ( greetings, 1907)
• Årets visor ( Songs of the Year, 1907)
• Döden incognito ( incognito Death, 1908)
• Norrlandsresan ( trip to Norrland, 1908)
• Bäckahästen ( The Bäckapferd, 1909)
• Människor och landskap ( landscapes and people, 1910)
• Blommande träd 1907-1909 ( Flowering Trees 1907-1909, 1910)
• Minuter och sekunder (minutes and seconds, 1912)
• Fränder och främlingar (relatives and strangers, 1912)
• Facklor i stormen ( North and South, 1913)
• Tidsstämmningar (time moods, 1916)
• Sånger i krig ( songs in the war, 1917)
• Idyll Ernas bok (Book of idylls, 1917)
• Dagens gärning ( fact of the day, 1921)
• De sju strängar ( The seven strings, 1922)
• Jordens heder (Honor the Earth, 1927)
• Clays från havet ( The sounds from the sea, 1933)
• Utflykter Skåne ( Skåne excursions, 1934)
• Horisonter ( Horizons, 1939)
• Arens flykt ( flight of the year, 1947)
• En diktkrans ( A poem Kranz, 1961)
• Varens löv och höstens ( foliage of spring and autumn, 1963)
• Minnets vägar ( by way of remembrance, 1967)
• Sent i livet: dikter ( Late in life: poems, 1970)
• Längtan till Italy ( longing for Italy, 1971)
• Ögonblick: dikter 1971-1978 ( moment: poems 1971-1978 )