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"
Aligarh: The Department of English, AMU organized an International Webinar on the topic “From the Modern Breakthrough to the Beginnings of Modernism: Reflections on Nordic History” recently. The invited speaker was Prof Stefan Helgesson from the Department of English, Stockholm University, Sweden. The webinar was attended by a number of students, research scholars and faculty members.
appreciated the efforts that the Department has put into the designing of rich new syllabi. His engaging lecture Prof Helgesson covered all the aspects of literary tradition of the Nordic region that forms the foundation of the modern literature studies and also gave the introduction on Nordic geographical history, illustrating interesting map-images of the Nordic region. He gave a glimpse into the cultural background of the region. The lecture comprised interesting insights into the works and contribution of Ibsen, Strindberg, Lagarkvist, Georg Brandes, Martinson, Johnson, Andersen, Moa Martin