Verner von Heidenstam [SEP] date of death
Verner von Heidenstam
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
Biography.
He was born in Olshammar, Örebro County on 6 July 1859 to a noble family. He studied painting
Heidenstam
Heidenstam or von Heidenstam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Gustaf von Heidenstam (1822–1887), Swedish engineer
- Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940), Swedish poet and novelist
- Hugo von Heidenstam (1884–1966), Swedish diplomat and engineer
- Oscar Heidenstam (1911–1991), Cyprus-born British bodybuilder