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Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975).[1]

Olof Lagercrantz
Olof Lagercrantz
BornOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz
(1911-03-10)10 March 1911
Stockholm, Sweden
Died23 July 2002(2002-07-23) (aged 91)
Ekerö, Sweden
OccupationAuthor, critic, publicist
NationalitySwedish
Period1935–1996
Notable works
  • From Hell to Paradise
  • Min första krets
Spouse
Martina Ruin
​
(m. 1939)​
Children

Life and career


Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of bank director Carl Lagercrantz [sv], of the noble Lagercrantz family,[2] and Countess Agnes Hamilton. He married Martina Ruin (born 1921), daughter of Professor Hans Ruin and Karin Sievers, in 1939.[3] Lagercrantz is the father of actress Marika Lagercrantz and author David Lagercrantz. His sister Lis Asklund was an author, social worker, curator, and program producer for Sveriges Radio. His nephews Lars and Johan Lönnroth are also famous in their own right.

His childhood was gloomy influenced by his mother's mental illness and later his sister's suicide.

Lagercrantz commanded considerable influence as a critic and publicist. He became an expert of sorts in literary biography, and several of his studies on important Swedish writers are still cornerstones of Swedish literary studies, in particular, his biography of August Strindberg (1979) and his portrait of his friend Gunnar Ekelöf, Jag bor i en annan värld men du bor ju i samma.

During the latter part of his professional life, Lagercrantz' concerns in his role as literary critic and cultural pundit progressed from the strictly aesthetic to the political. In 1958, he published a biography of the late poet Stig Dagerman which was severely criticized by a young Beppe Wolgers for being confined to Dagerman's "dark predicament" and not completely representing a man "who paid such great interest to cinema as well as football".[This quote needs a citation] Lagercrantz' political engagement became apparent during his time at Dagens Nyheter, where he was head of the cultural section from 1951 and editor-in-chief from 1960 on. He was an influential, albeit controversial, voice in the political and cultural radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s, assuming a crucial role in the national secularization debate.

Lagercrantz in his public role gave rise to strong emotions. His cultural radicalism in particular was perceived as provocative in light of his aristocratic background. Lagercrantz was widely criticized for the conciliatory and fairly positive appraisals of Communism that he published in Dagens Nyheter after travelling as a journalist to the Soviet Union and China.

Lagercrantz dwelt on parts of this in his autobiographical works. His upper-class childhood and adolescence are the subject of Min första krets (1982),[1] and the turbulence of his time at Dagens Nyheter is the topic of his memoir Ett år på sextiotalet (1990).

Lagercrantz grew up in Falköping and in 2001 was awarded the title of Honorary Resident of Skaraborg by the Skaraborg Academy in tribute to the fact he had wielded one of the mightiest pens of the 20th century.[4] He was also awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 1996.[5]


Bibliography



References


  1. "Olof Lagercrantz", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), 2 March 2021, retrieved 23 May 2022
  2. "Lagercrantz, släkter". National Archives of Sweden – Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003 (in Swedish) (CD-ROM version 3.0 ed.). Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2005.
  4. "Lagercrantz årets skaraborgare". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 14 December 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.



На других языках

[de] Olof Lagercrantz

Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (* 10. März 1911 in Stockholm; † 23. Juli 2002 in Drottningholm) war ein schwedischer Schriftsteller, Publizist und Kritiker. Im schwedischen Literaturbetrieb spielte er eine herausragende Rolle, besonders während seiner Zeit als Chefredakteur der Dagens Nyheter (1960–1975).
- [en] Olof Lagercrantz

[ru] Лагеркранц, Улоф

Улоф Густав Хуго Лагеркранц (швед. Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz; 10 марта 1911 (1911-03-10), Стокгольм — 23 июля 2002, Дроттнингхольм, лен Стокгольм[1]) — шведский поэт, литературовед и публицист. В качестве главного редактора газеты Dagens Nyheter, в 1960—1975 годах он сыграл одну из ключевых ролей в шведской культуре в те годы, являясь одной из главных фигур «культурного радикализма» — левого направления в культуре[2].


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