Harry Martinson Quotes

Born: May 6, 1904

Died: February 11, 1978 (aged 73)

Bio: Harry Martinson was a Swedish author, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".