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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES N.B. In the Swedish alphabet the letterj 5, a., an Jo come after z in that order. Almqvist, Karl Jonas Love, 1793-1866. One of the most brilliant writers of his time, especially in prose fiction. In the lyric he was a follower of the Phosphorists. One of the few lyrists whose freedom of form approached tiers libre. A pastor by profession. Atterbom, Per Daniel Amadeus, 1790-1855. Leader of the Phosphorists. A pure and graceful lyrist of the idealistic type. A professor, first of philosophy, then of esthetics and literature. Bellman, Karl Mikael, 1740-1795. The greatest Swedish poet of his century, if not of the entire literature. Composed his best work impromptu to music. Equally noted for vivid objectivity and for his dazzling mastery of complex stanza-form. Unsuccessful in business, he was given a sinecure position by Gustavus III. Bergman, Bo, 1869- .A light and delicate lyrist. Also a literary critic and writer of prose fiction. BXATH, Albert Ulrik, 1853-1912. Went in lyric poetry side by side with Strindberg in the novel, toward ultra-realism. Despised "parlor poetry" and wrote of and for the lower classes. Was also a narrative poet and a student of antiquities. By profession a museum curator. Backstrom, Edvard, 1841-1886. Dramatist and elegiac poet. Dahlcren, Fredrik August, 1816-1895. Best known for his humorous lyrics in the Vermland dialect. An under-secretary in the government departments. Fallstrom, Daniel, 1858- . Aprolificauthor, especially in thefield of the love lyric and nature description. Follows the type of Snoilsky. Forsslund, Karl Erik, 1872- . A nature poet of socialistic leanings and a spirited prose stylist. A school-teacher. Franzn, Frans Mikael, 1772-1847. An idyllic, lyric, and religious poet, equally f...