Oscar Levertin

Oscar Ivar Levertin ( born July 17, 1862 Socks Gryt, community Valdemarsvik in Norrköping, † September 22, 1906 in Stockholm) was a Swedish writer.

Life

Levertin studied from 1882 to 1887 in Uppsala. He was also a lecturer in 1889 for literary history. Ten years later he was appointed professor of the same subject.

With Verner af Heidenstam he turned against naturalism. As a literary critic of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet influenced Levertin especially the Romantics Sweden. Levertins own poetry is often exaggerated very symbolist.

Works

  • Dikter (1901 )
  • Konflikter (1885 )
  • Legender och visor (1891 )
  • Nya wanted for trial (1894 )
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