Orfeus och Eurydike

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Orfeus och Eurydike

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Rabbe Enckell
…series of verse plays including Orfeus och Eurydike (1938) and Alkman (1959). Enckell reflects upon this continuous preoccupation with the classical myths of Greece in his most remarkable collection of poetry, Andedräkt av koppar (1946; “Breath of Copper”). In 1960 he was made poet laureate of Swedish Finland.
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…series of verse plays including Orfeus och Eurydike (1938) and Alkman (1959). Enckell reflects upon this continuous preoccupation with the classical myths of Greece in his most remarkable collection of poetry, Andedräkt av koppar (1946; “Breath of Copper”). In 1960 he was made poet laureate of Swedish Finland.
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