Eyvind Johnson
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| Born | Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson 29 July 1900 near Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden |
| Died | 25 August 1976 (aged 75) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Period | 1924–1976 |
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| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Harry Martinson) |
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Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer.[1] He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.