Verner von Heidenstam

Comprehensive information about Verner von Heidenstam including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects. This educational Verner von Heidenstam resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.