Lars Gustafsson

Lars Gustafsson ( born May 17, 1936 in Västerås) is a Swedish writer and philosopher.

Life

Lars Gustafsson studied literature, philosophy and sociology at the universities of Uppsala / Sweden and Oxford. Since the 1960s, he joined as a poet, philosopher and novelist in appearance. In addition to his literary work, he was at first temporarily editor of a literary magazine. Soon, he established international contacts, even in the world of literature, such as the German community of authors group 47

Through a DAAD scholarship for a one-year residency in West Berlin, he came to Germany in 1972, where he lived for two years. In this time fell traveled extensively, including to Australia, Singapore, Tokyo, Israel and the United States. In 1961 he received his doctorate in philosophy in 1979, he completed his habilitation. 1981 Gustafsson converted to Judaism. 1983 to 2006 he was Professor of German Studies and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin / Texas. Since May 2006, he lives in Södermalm, Stockholm. The summer months he regularly spends in Västmanland.

His most recent stay in Germany was associated with the Tübingen poetry chair at the Gustafsson 2005 participated as a lecturer. His lectures are published under the title moment and poem. In 2009 he made the occasion of the 2009 European election headlines when he officially supported the Swedish Pirate Party election manifesto. In support of the author said:

" Ultimately, it 's about the citizens right to information. This is more important than copyright. "

With the award of the Goethe Medal 2009 Gustafsson is being honored for his extensive literary work and the strong Germany reference contained therein. The Goethe- Institute points out in its explanatory memorandum that the author had " shaped the German Sweden image beyond the great children's book tradition and the popular Swedish crime fiction since the 70s. " Especially in his pentalogy cracks in the wall, he will send the reader on a journey through the 60s and 70s in Sweden, which will accurately track and critical change in the social system of values.

Works

In 1957 he made ​​his literary debut with the novel Vägvila (directional locking ), which is a mixture of prose and poetry.

In the novel series cracks in the wall is about the late 60s and early 70s. This volume contains the autobiography of Mr. Gustafsson personally (1972 ), the Youth Drama woollens ( 1974) and Family Meeting ( 1976), Sigismund (1977) and Death of a beekeeper (1978).

In the short novel Afternoon of a tiler (En kakelsätteres eftermiddag, 1991), it is more of a philosophical parable about the meaning and meaninglessness of life, whose secrets can never be truly deciphered by humans.

Significantly, the author says about himself: ". I tend to regard myself as a philosopher Who Has turned literature into one of his tools" Conversely, however, but also reflects his philosophical work his literary interests, he is particularly concerned with meaning and significance, with multilingualism and creativity dealt.

In the 1993 novel published histories med dogs ( German 1994 The Case of the Dog) processed the author's posthumously discovered items of the scientist Paul de Man.

In secrets between lovers ( Tjänarinnan. En kärleksroman, 1996) is about a successful man in his late 50, which does not quite dare, the love he feels for his Colombian cleaning lady to express.

The film adaptation of the novel woolens in 2003 under the title Sprickorna i muren proves that Gustafsson in his home a still like to read author 's.

Awards and honors

2009 received Gustafsson in Weimar Goethe Medal, which was on the birthday, awarded by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, August 28.

List of Publications

  • Language and Lies ( Habil, philosophy )
  • Poets Bromberg sista dagar och död, Roman ( 1962, Last days and death of the poet Bromberg - not translated into German )
  • Bröderna, Roman ( The brothers - not translated into German )
  • The actual report about Mr. Arena Santander, narrative (1966, The egentliga berättelsen om mr Arena Santander)
  • Bakunin Travel / Thorn, short stories (1968 )
  • Utopias, essays (1970 )
  • Mr. Gustafsson personally, Roman ( 1972)
  • Woollens, Roman ( 1973 Yllet )
  • The presence of unnecessary, essays (1974, The onödiga Samtiden together with Jan Myrdal )
  • Världsdelar, travel reports (1975, parts of the world - not translated into German )
  • The Family Reunion, Roman (1975, Familjefesten )
  • Sigismund, Roman ( 1976)
  • The tennis player, narrative (1977, Tennisspelarna )
  • A labor of love, pieces of prose (1977, selection from The Lilla Världen and I Mikroskopet )
  • The death of a beekeeper, Roman ( 1978)
  • Stories of happy people, narratives (1981 )
  • The silence of the world before Bach ( poems, 1982, Världens tystnad före Bach)
  • Funeral Music, Roman (1983, concern promote music Frimurare )
  • The third castling of Bernard Foy, Roman ( 1986)
  • The art to survive the November and other stories, short stories (1988 )
  • The strange beast from the north and other oddities, science fiction (1989, Det sällsamma djuret fran norr )
  • Afternoon of a tiler (1991, En kakelsätteres eftermiddag )
  • The thing with the dog, Roman (1993, histories med dogs )
  • Palace of Memory, Roman (1994, Ett Minnespalats, Vertikala Memoarer )
  • Secrets between lovers, Roman (1996, Tjärnarinnan. A kärleksroman. )
  • Windy told, Roman (1999, Windy berätter )
  • Blom and the second magenta, YA (2001)
  • Excerpt from Xanadu, poems (2003, En tid i Xanadu )
  • The Dean, Roman (2004, deans )
  • Moment and poem. Tübingen poetry chair 2005. (2006)
  • The Sundays of the American girl, narrative poem (2006, The Amerikanska flickans söndagar ) ISBN 978-3-446-20927-5.
  • Everything you need. A handbook for life. (2006, Mr. Gustafsson familjebok - together with Agneta Blomqvist ), from the Swedish by Verena Reichel; Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-446-23550-2.
  • The logic of tolerance. Essay 17 February 2007, also online
  • Woman caring Dahl's beautiful white arms. Novel, (2008, Fru Dahl's concern vackra vita armar ) ISBN 978-3-446-23273-0.
  • The smile on Midsummer Night. Pictures from Sweden. together with Agneta Blomqvist (2012 ), Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-23978-4.
  • The man on the blue bike, Roman ( 2012 Mannen på blå the cykeln. Drömmar ur en gammal camera ), Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24335-4.
  • The translations from Swedish made ​​for the early works in part by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, from Mr. Gustafsson personally the books of Verena Reichel were translated into German.

Film

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