Pär Lagerkvist (Critical Survey of Drama)

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Pär Lagerkvist is, outside Sweden, best known as a novelist. In his own country, he is highly esteemed both as a poet and as a novelist and is ranked second only to August Strindberg in Swedish drama (excluding the cinema). He is also the author of essays on drama, literature, and painting; prose poems; sketches; travel essays; and many short stories.

Achievements

As a Scandinavian playwright, Pär Lagerkvist now belongs to a triumvirate that includes

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