Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Description: (Swedish Poet Who Was Awarded the Nobel Prize Posthumously)
Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt is mostly remembered for his regional poetry that portrayed the peasant life and culture of his homeland. He rejected the Nobel Prize once due to his membership of the Swedish Academy that awards the prize but was awarded the Nobel posthumously.

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Birthday July 20, 1864 (Cancer)
Born In Karlbo, Dalarna, Sweden
Died on April 8, 1931
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