What is Eyvind Johnson?
{{Infobox writer <!-- see Template:Infobox writer --> | name = Eyvind Johnson | image = Eyvind.JPG | imagesize = 200px | birth_name = Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|7|29|df=y}} | birth_place = near [[Boden, Sweden|Boden]], [[Norrbotten County|Norrbotten]], Sweden | death_date = 25 August 1976 (aged 75) | death_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | nationality = Swedish | period = 1924–1976 | awards = {{Awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1974 (shared with [[Harry Martinson]])}} | notableworks = {{plainlist| *''[[Here's Your Life (novel)|Here's Your Life]]'' *''[[Return to Ithaca (novel)|Return to Ithaca]]'' *''[[The Days of His Grace]]'' }} | website = {{URL|http://www.eyvindjohnson.se}} | spouses = {{plainlist| *[[Aase Christoffersen]] (1927–1938, her death) *[[Cilla Johnson]] (1940–1978) }} | children = {{plainlist| *[[Tore Johnson|Tore]] *[[Maria Ekman|Maria]] *Carl-Anders }} }} {{nobelprize|Literature}}'''Eyvind Johnson''' (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer.<ref>[http://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/publikationer/svenska-klassiker/eyvind-johnson-herr-clerk-var-mastare Svenska Akademien]</ref> He became a member of the [[Swedish Academy]] in 1957 and shared the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] with [[Harry Martinson]] in 1974 with the citation: ''for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Eyvind}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1976 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish novelists]] [[Category:Short story writers]] [[Category:Swedish Nobel Prize winners]] {{Nobel Prize in Literature}} {{bio-stub}}