What is Lars Gustafsson?
{{Infobox person |name=Lars Gustafsson |image=Lars Gustafsson 02.JPG |image_size= |caption=Lars Gustafsson in 2015 |birth_name= |birth_date={{birth date|1936|5|17|df=y}} |birth_place=[[Västerås]], [[Sweden]] |death_date= {{death date and age|2016|4|2|1936|5|17|df=y}} |death_place=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |occupation=Writer }} '''Lars Erik Einar Gustavsson''' (17 May 1936 – 2 April 2016) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[poet]], [[novelist]] and [[scholar]]. He was born in [[Västerås]], [[Sweden]]. Since the late 1950s he has produced poetry, novels, short stories, critical essays, and editorials. He earned international fame as a Swedish [[writer]] with literary awards such as the ''Prix International Charles Veillon des Essais'' in 1983, the ''Heinrich Steffens Preis'' in 1986, ''Una Vita per la Litteratura'' in 1989, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for poetry in 1994, and several others. He has been nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. Gustavsson died at the age of 79 on 3 April 2016 in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/lars-gustafsson-dod/ |title=Lars Gustafsson död |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=3 April 2016 |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref> ==Awards== * Gerard-Bonnier-Preis - 2006 * The Goethe Medal - 2009 * The Thomas Mann Prize - 2015 * The International Nonino Prize in Italy - 2016. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustavsson, Lars}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish educators]] [[Category:Swedish poets]] [[Category:Swedish novelists]] {{bio-stub}}