As Virgil guided Dante through the inferno, so the great Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf guides us through his (and our own) underworld of dreams and visions, an underworld peopled by the voices of nameless shadows.
Gunnar Ekelöf Books
September 15, 1907 – March 16, 1968
Often hailed as Sweden's first surrealist poet, Gunnar Ekelöf defied conventional literary norms with his 1932 debut. His early works, steeped in surrealism, fractured traditional syntax and language, mirroring his rebellious spirit and inner turmoil. As his career progressed, Ekelöf matured, masterfully blending romanticism and surrealism, resulting in a body of poetry that became a hallmark of sophistication and influenced subsequent generations of Swedish poets. His profound engagement with literary traditions and continuous stylistic reinvention established him as a significant modernist voice and a living classic of 20th-century Swedish poetry.
Gunnar Ekelöf, one of the great poets of the twentieth century in Sweden, is celebrated with a new edition of his collected poems, ranging from his debut book "Sent på jorden" from 1932 to the "Dîwân" trilogy he completed in 1967. Additionally, for the first time in a new edition, the volume of posthumous notes, sketches, and poems compiled by Ingrid Ekelöf a few years after his death under the title "En självbiografi" is included, serving as a rich source for those who wish to understand his authorship.
Der ketzerische Orpheus
Essays, Skizzen, Briefe. Zur Autobiographie und Poetologie
- 294 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Výber z poézie švédskeho autora. Z obsahu: Dnes večer horia čisté hviezdy, Kvety v obloku, Zbor víl, Vlnobitie, Lovenie vtákov, Strom, Svitanie, Mesiac, Elégie, Kóda, Etudy, Sung...Preložené z originálu Dikter (1965) a z básnikovej rukopisnej pozostalosti.