Eyvind Johnson
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Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the
Eyvind Johnson
The house in Björkelund where Eyvind Johnson was born in 1900.
Eyvind Johnson (left) at a writers meeting in Karlstad in 1958, with authors Harry Martinson and Gabriel Jönsson and Jönsson's wife.
Return to Ithaca (novel)
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Return to Ithaca: A Novel about the Present is a 1946 novel by Swedish author Eyvind Johnson. It is based on Homer's story of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Cover of first edition
The novel is based on Homer's Odyssey. Painting Ulysses' Dream by Nicolae Vermont, 1893
Merete Mazzarella analyses the role of the narrator in the novel, and its exploration of violence.