Tore Zetterholm
Swedish novelist, playwright and journalist (1915–2001)
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Tore Ulf Axel Zetterholm (4 October 1915 – 9 November 2001) was a Swedish novelist, translator, playwright and journalist.
Born4 October 1915
Stockholm, Sweden
Died9 November 2001 (aged 86)
Höganäs, Sweden
Occupationsnovelist, playwright and journalist
AwardsDobloug Prize (1978)
Tore Zetterholm | |
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Zetterholm (left), with Jan Fjellander, Kristina Ahlmark-Michanek and Göran Palm | |
| Born | 4 October 1915 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 9 November 2001 (aged 86) Höganäs, Sweden |
| Occupations | novelist, playwright and journalist |
| Awards | Dobloug Prize (1978) |
Life and career
Zetterholm was born on 4 October 1915,[1] a son of engineer Axel Emanuel Zetterholm and Agda Elisabeth Blomquist.[2]
He made his literary debut in 1940 with the novel Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket.[1] He made the first Swedish translation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in 1947.[citation needed] He chaired the Writers' Guild of Sweden from 1957 to 1972.[1] He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1978.[3]
Zetterholm died on 9 November 2001, at the age of 86.[1]
