Gunnar Ekelöf (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
From 1927 to 1967, Gunnar Ekelöf (AY-kuh-luhf) was a major figure in Northern European literature. During this period, he wrote a series of important critical essays, translations, and sixteen volumes of verse. From his first book of verse, Sent på jorden, his work reflected his lifelong interests in linguistics and languages, including Chinese, Latin, Greek, German, English, and particularly French. Among his translations into Swedish were works by Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, W. H. Auden, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and especially T. S. Eliot, who is often regarded as...
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