Åke Robert Holmberg (31 May 1907 – 9 September 1991[citation needed]) was a Swedish writer and translator, most famous for his nine children's books about detective Tam Sventon (Swedish: Ture Sventon).[1]

Åke Holmberg
Åke Holmberg
Åke Holmberg
Born(1907-05-31)31 May 1907
Stockholm, Sweden
Died9 September 1991(1991-09-09) (aged 84)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupationwriter
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish
Period1946-1986
Genrechildren
Notable worksTam Sventon

Biography

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Holmberg studied at Stockholm University College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1934. He then worked for several years at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, and became a full-time author in 1946. Holmberg wrote exclusively youth books, with one exception: the adult novel En frukost I Aquileia ("A breakfast in Aquileia") from 1967.[2]

Åke Holmberg was awarded Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize in 1948 (together with Stina Aronson, Vilgot Sjöman, Ragnar Bengtsson and Bengt V. Wall). In 1961, he became the recipient of the Nils Holgersson Plaque, and in 2007 he posthumously received the award Temmelburken at the Gothenburg Book Fair. In addition to his own books, Holmberg also translated more than 20 books, mainly children's and youth books, from Danish, English and German. Åke Holmberg bequeathed all future copyright payments to a foundation, the Åke and Vera Holmberg's scholarship fund.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Åke Holmberg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Holmberg, Åke - Alex Författarlexikon". Alex (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  3. ^ "Åke och Vera Holmbergs stipendiefond". Författarförbundet (in Swedish). 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2022-08-31.