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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1974 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1904 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, Nordic countries (56) Sweden (29) Blekinge (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1978 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, Nordic countries (49) Sweden (29) Stockholm (13) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Harry (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 71 (22) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, Nordic countries (59) Sweden (29) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships R-T (460) S (49) Swedish Academy (8) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Dobloug Prize (2) Q-Z (398) S (125) Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize (6) complete name: Harry Martinson nobel prize: literature award year: 1974 together with: Eyvind Johnson prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 was divided equally between Eyvind Johnson "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" and Harry Martinson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: Harry family name: Martinson occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: novelist occupation: science fiction writer description: 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". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy and had partaken in endorsing themselves as laureates. He has been called "the great reformer of 20th century Swedish poetry, the most original of the writers called 'proletarian'." image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1974/summary/> date birth: 1904 date death: 1978 usual name: Harry Martinson
