Per Olov Enquist
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About
He wrote the 1999 novel The Visit of the Royal Physician, and won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature.
Before Fame
He worked as a newspaper columnist and TV moderator after earning a degree in History of Literature at Uppsala University.
Trivia
He was awarded the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize, sometimes known as the "little Nobel."
Family Life
His mother was a schoolteacher to whom he dedicated his 2001 book Lewis Resa.
Associated With
He and August Strindberg both became world-renowned playwrights from Sweden.
