Vilhelm Ekelund
Vilhelm Ekelund was a Swedish poet. He is best known for his collections of poetry, such as Havets stjärna (1906), and Melodier i skymning (1902). His works often focus on the beauty of nature and the struggle between nature and modern life.
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- Stehag
- Awards
- 🏆 Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize🏆 Bellman Prize🏆 honorary doctorate of Lund University
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Trending topics shown first"The artist and the poet have the facility for mistaking pure languor for meditative peace and strength. True meditation "rests" in swiftness."
"Sometimes it is hard to avoid a certain feeling of sadness: when realizing that everything sensible has already, many times over, been excellently expressed—and expressed in vain. And note how well-hi…"
"Truth and beauty ... yield themselves only to whoever surrenders to them—as to a rescuer."
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1880
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Birth1949
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