Per Olov Enquist

Playwright

Birthday September 23, 1934

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Sweden

DEATH DATE Apr 25, 2020 (85)

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About

He wrote the 1999 novel The Visit of the Royal Physician, and won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature.

Before Fame

He worked as a newspaper columnist and TV moderator after earning a degree in History of Literature at Uppsala University.

Trivia

He was awarded the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize, sometimes known as the "little Nobel."

Family Life

His mother was a schoolteacher to whom he dedicated his 2001 book Lewis Resa.

Associated With

He and August Strindberg both became world-renowned playwrights from Sweden.