Lagerkvist

American  

[lah-guhr-kvist] / ˈlɑ gərˌkvɪst /

noun

1. Pär 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.

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Lagerkvist British  

/ ˈlɑːɡərkvist /

noun

1. Pär ( Fabian ) (pæːr). 1891–1974, Swedish novelist and dramatist. His works include the novels The Dwarf (1944) and Barabbas (1950): Nobel prize for literature 1951

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Example Sentences

Today, after half a century of novels, plays, stories and poems that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1951, Lagerkvist is still obsessed with God, still a believing unbeliever.

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What happened next to Barabbas�whether he retired to the desert of Judah or joined the Samaritans or simply continued his banditry�Novelist Lagerkvist does not attempt to say.*

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P�r Lagerkvist was brought up to devout Lutheranism.

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Until a fortnight ago, when he won the 1951 Nobel Prize for literature, 60-year-old P�r Lagerkvist was little known outside his native Sweden.

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Only a brief sample of Lagerkvist, it nevertheless commanded respect.

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