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| 1928 births | |
| forssell, lars | |
| 2007 deaths | |
| swedish-language writers | |
| members of the swedish academy | |
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Forssell is a versatile writer who has worked within many Genre s, including Poetry , Drama and Songwriting . He attended Kungsholms Folkskola , which at the beginning of the twentieth century was the world's largest Elementary School - the school had a capacity of 3,800 pupils, but since not all of them attended school every day, the were taught in shifts and according to the City Museum Of Stockholm , the total number of enrolled pupils was over 6,000. He studied in the United States during the 1940s, returned to Sweden to study for a degree at the University Of Uppsala in 1952 and became a cultural reporter for various Swedish newspapers and journals ('' Utsikt , Bonniers Litterära Magasin , Poesi , Dagens Nyheter '' and '' Expressen ''). At the same time, he became established as a lyricist for Cabaret shows and his own reviews (including ''Två åsnor'' (''A Pair of Donkeys'') which was staged in Gothenburg in 1957 ). His collections of poetry won him membership of the Swedish Academy in 1971 , while his song lyrics brought him widespread public recognition. During the 1970 s he worked tirelessly as a poet and as a song-contest lyricist, including writing for the 1973 Swedish Eurovision Song Contest entry selection round ( Melodifestivalen ) and for performer Lill-Babs in 1980 . He was awarded the Bellman Prize in both 1968 and 1981 , the Pilot Prize in 1992 , the Litteris Et Artibus award in 1993 , the Cornelis Vreeswijk scholarship in 1997 and the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize in 1998 . His works include anthologies of poetry, books of song lyrics, children's books, plays, operatic Libretto s and translations. |
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