What is Per Wästberg?
[[File:Per Wästberg 2011.jpg|right|200px]] '''Per Erik Wästberg''' (born 20 November 1933) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] writer. He became a member of the [[Swedish Academy]] in 1997. Wästberg was born in [[Stockholm]]. He was editor-in-chief of Sweden's largest daily newspaper, ''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'', from 1976 to 1982.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7740344/The-Journey-of-Anders-Sparrman-by-Per-Wastberg-review.html The Journey of Anders Sparrman by Per Wästberg: review]</ref> He was President of [[PEN International|International PEN]] from 1979 until 1986 and member of the [[Nobel Prize in literature|Nobel Prize for Literature]] committee. He was the founder of the Swedish section of [[Amnesty International]] (1963). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wastberg, Per}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{bio-stub}}