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INTERVIEW
The intellectual, the individual and the state
Anna Paterson interviews Henrik Berggren on Underbara dagar framför oss, his account of Olof Palme and his times.
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The Göran Printz-Påhlson Memorial Seminar and Poetry Reading, June 2010
Sarah Death reports on a memorial day for Göran Printz-Påhlson, a Swedish poet, essayist, translator and literary critic, in Cambridge.
IN MEMORIAM
Even a Sort of Lone Ranger
Extract from a personal memoir of Göran Printz-Påhlson (3 March 1931 - 27 July 2006). Written in August 2006 and presented at the memorial event at Clare Hall, 2 June 2010.
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Care - a Nobler Form of Love
A tribute to Ragnar Thoursie (1919-2010) – poet and civil servant – who died aged 90 on 12 July 2010.
By Brita Green. Translations by Brita Green and John Charlesworth.
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Swedish Literature in Germany: A Success Story, Only Slightly Flawed
Paul Berf describes Germany's love affair with Swedish literature, led by, but not confined to, its crime fiction.
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Kerstin Ekman and Swedish Crime
In this essay Anna Paterson examines the ways in which Kerstin Ekman construes crime, its origins and consequences.
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Sensibility, Anguish and Humour
Eric Dickens examines the poetry and prose of Mare Kandre (1962-2005)