Svenskt författarlexikon

Svenskt författarlexikon, subtitled Biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur, is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes.

Svenskt författarlexikon
LanguageSwedish
SubjectBiobibliography
GenreNonfiction
PublisherRabén & Sjögren
Publication date
1942–1981
Publication placeSweden
Media typeBiographical dictionary
Pages5348
OCLC976739822

The first part in three volumes was published in 1942 under the direction of Bengt Åhlén [sv] (1897–1955). The first two volumes (935 pages) are a biographical dictionary of Swedish-language (Swedish, Finnish-Swedish and Swedish-American) fiction writers who were active in 1900 to 1940. The aim was to include all authors who have published any work of fiction of at least 16 pages in length. The length of the articles varies from a few lines to 13 pages (August Strindberg). In addition to works of fiction, non-fiction (under the heading Varia) and translations are also listed. However, those who are strictly translators are not included. The third volume is an alphabetical index of book titles (427 pages) and author pseudonyms (20 pages) as well as the authors' place of residence in various regions (36 pages).

Part Scope of the volume Pages Published Editor Contributors
1 1900–1940: A–L 523 1942 Bengt Åhlén [sv] Carl Thore Fries (born 1909),

Paul Harnesk [sv] (1903–1965),

Agneta Lönborg
1900–1940: M–Ö 412 1942
1900–1940: Index 496 1942
2 1941–1950: A–Ö 690 1953 Bengt Åhlén
3 1951–1955: A–Ö 436 1959 Bengt Åhlén (died 1955),

Agneta Åhlén (born 1913)
1941–1955: Index 274 1959 Agneta Åhlén Carl Thore Fries
4 1956–1960 563 1963 Paul Harnesk Bengt Lundblad (born 1918), Lisbet Höök
5 1961–1965 534 1968 Bengt Lundblad Edvard Söderlund, Torsten Lönegren (born 1913)
6 1966–1970 707 1975 Bengt Lundblad, Torsten Lönegren
7 1971–1975 713 1981 Bengt Lundblad, Torsten Lönegren
Total 5348

Similar biographical dictionaries

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  • Eva Björling, Svenskt barnboksförfattarlexikon ('Dictionary of Swedish Children's Authors') (1977), covering 1960–1974 (in Swedish)
  • Svend Dahl [da], Povl Engelstoft [da], Dansk skønlitterært forfatterleksikon 1900–1950 ('Dictionary of Danish Fiction Authors') (three parts, 1959–1964) (in Danish)

References

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  • Svenskt författarlexikon 1900–1940 (1942), forward. (in Swedish)
  • Libris, bibliographic information. (in Swedish)
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