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- Born:
- Oct. 5, 1923, Ălvkarleby, Swed.
- Died:
- Nov. 4, 1954, Enebyberg, near Stockholm (aged 31)
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Stig Dagerman
Swedish writer
Stig Dagerman (born Oct. 5, 1923, Ălvkarleby, Swed.âdied Nov. 4, 1954, Enebyberg, near Stockholm) was a Swedish short-story writer, novelist, and playwright whose works, showing the influence of William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and Dagermanâs older compatriot, Eyvind Johnson, have been held to express a sense of Existentialist anguish.
A journalist, Dagerman scored a critical success with his play Den dödsdömde (first performed, 1947; The Man Condemned to Die). He was associated with the literary magazines 40-tal (1947â48) and Prisma (1948â50). A collection of his stories, translated into English as The Games of Night, appeared in 1959, five years after his suicide.
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