biography
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Moberg, (Carl Artur) Vilhelm
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pronunciation:
[mohberg]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1898–1973)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Algutsboda, S Sweden. From a family of crofters, his unfinished Min svenska historia 1–2 (1970–1, My Swedish History) looks at history from the viewpoint of the illiterate classes. His best-known work is the series of novels that deal with the 19th-c mass migration of Swedes to the USA, including Utvandrarna (1949, The Emigrants), and Sista brevet till Sverige (1959, Last Letter to Sweden). He was a popular playwright, and several of his novels, notably The Emigrants, have been filmed. |
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