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- Died
- Birth namePär Fabian Lagerkvist
- Pär Lagerkvist was born on May 23, 1891 in Vaxjö, Sweden. He was a writer, known for The Dwarf, Barabbas (1961) and Ombyte av tåg: En allvarlig komedi (1943). He was married to Elaine Luella Hallberg and Karen Sorensen. He died on July 11, 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- SpousesElaine Luella Hallberg(1925 - 1967) (her death, 2 children)Karen Sorensen(1916 - 1925) (divorced, 1 child)
- Awarded the Nobel prize in literature.
- He has a daughter from an earlier marriage.
- He had two sons, Ulf and Bengt, with wife Elaina.
- In his early career, he was an art critic. He went to Paris in 1913 and was one of the first Swedish critics notice the work of Picasso and Braque.
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