Erik Mesterton Explained

Erik Mesterton (4 October 1903  - 10 January 2004) was a Swedish writer, literature critic and translator.

Together with poet Karin Boye he was editor for the influential culture magazine Spektrum in the 1930s (Modernist (T. S. Eliot was a favourite) and Freudian readings of literature were introduced. Mesterton lived in Gothenburg where he also did research on literature with scholars from the University of Gothenburg.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Selected translations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erik Mesterton – Svenskt översättarlexikon. www.oversattarlexikon.se.
  2. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86132420/ Mesterton, Erik
  3. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1951/lagerkvist-bibl.html Major translations into English
  4. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=54505775&pview=hide "Det öde landet." 1932.