| Ernst Brunner | |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Tullinge, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Writer and literary scholar |
| Awards: | Dobloug Prize (2019) |
Ernst Brunner (born 5 September 1950) is a Swedish writer and literary scholar.
Brunner was born in Tullinge to alpine skiers Leo and Gertrud Brunner. His thesis from 1985 is a treatment of Edith Södergran. His early fictional works include the poetry collections Jag ändrar ställning klokkan tre from 1979, Söderväggar from 1980, and I det stora och hela from 1982, and the novels Känneru brorsan? (1980), Dans på rovor (1983), and Svarta villan (1987).[1] His novel Edith from 1992 is a fictional treatment of Edith Södergren, Fukta din aska (2002) is a biographical novel on Carl Michael Bellman, and Carolus Rex (2005) is a biographical novel on Charles XII of Sweden.[2] In 2019 he published Likt ett skeleton, a historical biography of Johan Helmich Roman.[3]
He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2019.[3] [4]