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ATTERBOM, PER DANIEL AMADEUS (1790-1855) , Swedish poet, son of a country parson, was born in the province of Ostergotland on the 19th of January 1790. He studied in the university of Upsala
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critical organ, Svensk Litteraturtidning (1813-1824). Among Atterbom's independent works the most celebrated is Lycksalighetens 0 (The Fortunate Island
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ATTERBURY somewhat in the manner of Novalis. Of a dramatized fairy tale, Fogel bid (The Blue Bird), only a fragment, which is among the most exquisite of his writings, is preserved. As a purely lyrical poet he has not been excelled in Sweden, but his more ambitious works are injured by his weakness for allegory and symbolism, and his consistent adoption of the mannerisms of Tieck and Novalis. In his later years he became less violent in literary controversy. He became in 1835 professor of aesthetics and literature at Upsala, and four years later he was admitted to the Swedish Academy
series of biographies of Swedish poets and men of letters, which forms a valuable history of Swedish letters down to the end of the "classical " period. Atterbom's works were collected (13 vols., Orebro) in 1854-1870.End of Article: ATTERBOM, PER DANIEL AMADEUS (1790-1855) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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