Ernst Brunner (writer)

Swedish writer and literary scholar

Ernst Brunner

Born	(1950-09-05) 5 September 1950 (age 73) Tullinge, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation(s)	Writer and literary scholar
Awards	Dobloug Prize (2019)

Ernst Brunner (born 5 September 1950) is a Swedish writer and literary scholar.

Brunner was born in Tullinge to alpine skiers Leo and Gertrud Brunner. His thesis from 1985 is a treatment of Edith Södergran. His early fictional works include the poetry collections Jag ändrar ställning klokkan tre from 1979, Söderväggar from 1980, and I det stora och hela from 1982, and the novels Känneru brorsan? (1980), Dans på rovor (1983), and Svarta villan (1987).^[1] His novel Edith from 1992 is a fictional treatment of Edith Södergren, Fukta din aska (2002) is a biographical novel on Carl Michael Bellman, and Carolus Rex (2005) is a biographical novel on Charles XII of Sweden.^[2] In 2019 he published Likt ett skeleton, a historical biography of Johan Helmich Roman.^[3]

He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2019.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Mortensen, Jill Salander, ed. (1997). "Brunner, Ernst". Vem är det (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Förlag. p. 185. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ernst Brunner". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ernst Brunner och Olaug Nilssen prisas av Svenska Akademien". albertbonniersforlag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "Doblougska priset". svenskaakademien.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.