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Sven Stolpe

1905 – 1996

Swedish writer, translator, journalist, critic, and researcher

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Lived 1905 – 1996 (aged 91). Sven Stolpe was a Swedish linguist, journalist, translator, literary critic, writer and literary scholar.

Sven Stolpe (24 August 1905 – 26 August 1996) was a Swedish writer, translator, journalist, literary scholar and critic, who was active in Swedish literary and intellectual discussion for most of his life.

In the early 1930s, he argued for internationalism and against aestheticism, but he was also part of the Oxford Group which claimed the necessity of "moral and spiritual re-armament" and later in life, in 1947, he became a Catholic. Among his literary production is a 1959 dissertation on Queen Christina of Sweden, who abdicated as a result of her own conversion to Catholicism.

In 1984, the Belgian biographer Joris Taels published a biography of Stolpe.

Private life His brother was Herman Stolpe.

He is buried in Vadstena cemetery.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Södra Latin
Awards
Lotten von Kræmer Award; Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Sigtunastiftelsen author scholarship; Gun and Olof Engqvist scholarship; Contras frihetspris; Officer of the Legion of Honour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Sven Stolpe's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Sven Stolpe?

Swedish writer, translator, journalist, critic, and researcher (1905–1996)

When was Sven Stolpe born?

Sven Stolpe was born on 24 August 1905 in Stockholm, Katarina church parish.

When did Sven Stolpe die?

Sven Stolpe died on 26 August 1996 in Filipstad church parish.

What was Sven Stolpe's occupation?

Sven Stolpe was a linguist, journalist, translator, literary critic, writer and literary scholar.

What nationality was Sven Stolpe?

Sven Stolpe was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sven Stolpe

· Wikidata: Q1334444

· DBpedia: Sven Stolpe

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