Östen Sjöstrand

Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925 in Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator.

[3] Östen Sjöstrand gave his introductory speech in the Swedish Academy about the Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist, who preceded him at the same chair.

As a poet he debuted in 1949 with Unio, which was marked by the post-war agony of the Swedish 1940s poetry.

In cooperation with Sven-Erik Bäck he wrote a pair of operas, including Gästabudet.

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