Editing Per Olov Enquist (section)

==Biography==
Enquist was born and raised in [[:sv:Hjoggböle|Hjoggböle]], a village in present-day [[Skellefteå Municipality]], [[Västerbotten]]. He was the only son of a single mother, who became a widow when he was half a year old. In his youth, he was a promising athlete with a [[high jump]] personal best of 1.97 meters.<ref name="ExpressenObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forfattaren-po-enquist-ar-dod/|title=Författaren P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år gammal|website=www.expressen.se|date=26 April 2020 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> He studied at [[Uppsala University]], receiving a degree in the [[history of literature]].<ref name="SvDObituary">{{Cite news|last=Kramsjö|first=Britta|url=https://www.svd.se/forfattaren-po-enquist-ar-dod|title=P O Enquist är död – författaren blev 85 år|date=26 April 2020|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=26 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>

During his time in Uppsala he started writing, his first novel ''Kristallögat'' being published in 1961, and became a newspaper journalist.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /> Enquist won the [[Nordic Council's Literature Prize]] in 1968 for ''[[The Legionnaires]]'', his account of [[Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers|Sweden's deportation of Baltic-country soldiers]] at the end of the second world war, a novel which also became his international breakthrough.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" /><ref name="AftonbladetObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/wEOepG|title=Författaren PO Enquist är död|website=Aftonbladet|date=26 April 2020 |language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> Enquist was to write several more novels based on true events. ''Kapten Nemos bibliotek'' (1991) took inspiration from {{Interlanguage link|Bureåfallet|lt=|sv||WD=}} where two newly born boys were [[babies switched at birth|accidentally switched]]; ''[[The Visit of the Royal Physician]]'' (1999) was based on the life of Danish King [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]] and his physician [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], and Struensee's political machinations and relationship with the King's wife [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Matilda]] in the 1770s; ''Lewis resa'' (2001) covered the life of [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostalist]] [[Lewi Pethrus]]; while ''Boken om Blanche och Marie'' (2004) was based on the friendship of [[Marie Curie]] and mental patient [[Marie Wittman|Marie "Blanche" Wittman]].<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=TT/Ekot|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=7460505|title=Författaren P O Enquist är död|work=Sveriges Radio|access-date=27 April 2020|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Enquist|first=Per Olov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8E_CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|title=Kapten Nemos bibliotek|date=12 December 2019|publisher=Norstedts|isbn=978-91-1-309987-3|language=sv}}</ref> Enquist's first stage play was ''Tribadernas natt'' (1975), a story about Swedish author [[August Strindberg]], his soon-to-be ex-wife [[Siri von Essen]], and von Essen's presumed lover {{Interlanguage link|Marie David|lt=|sv||WD=}}.<ref name="Norstedts" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teaterstockholm.se/2016/09/18/tribadernas-natt/|title=Tribadernas natt|last=|first=|date=|website=teaterstockholm.se|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Spindler|first=Ylva Lagercrantz|url=https://www.svd.se/heta-tribader-i-tulpantofflor|title=Heta tribader i tulpantofflor|date=25 October 2012|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=27 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref>

Awards for his writing have included the [[Dobloug Prize]] in 1988,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snl.no/Doblougprisen|title=Doblougprisen|website=Store norske leksikon|language=nb|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> the [[Selma Lagerlöf Prize]] in 1997,<ref name="Norstedts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.norstedts.se/forfattare/115769-per-olov-enquist|title=Per Olov Enquist|website=www.norstedts.se|language=sv|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> and the Italian [[Flaiano Prize]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.premiflaiano.com/412/2002.html|title=Flaiano International Awards Winners year 2002|last=Flaiano|first=Premi|website=en.premiflaiano.com|language=en|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> Besides books and stage plays, Enquist also wrote screenplays for motion pictures, including ''[[Pelle Erövraren]]'' (1987) and [[Hamsun (film)|''Hamsun'']] (1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/press/svenska-akademiens-nordiska-pris-4|title=Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris|last=|first=|date=|website=www.svenskaakademien.se|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> and at the [[27th Guldbagge Awards]] in 1993, Enquist was nominated for the award for Best Screenplay for the film ''[[Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem]]''.<ref name="27thGuldbagge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=16172&iv=Awards |title=Il Capitano (1991) |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |date=17 March 2014}}</ref> He also received the [[Independent Foreign Fiction Prize]] as well as the [[Nelly Sachs Prize]] in 2003 for ''[[The Visit of the Royal Physician]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2003|title=The Visit of the Royal Physician, Per Olov Enquist, trans. Tiina|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-visit-of-the-royal-physician-per-olov-enquist-trans-tiina-nunnally-114282.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808163842/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-visit-of-the-royal-physician-per-olov-enquist-trans-tiina-nunnally-114282.html|archive-date=2021-08-08|access-date=26 April 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=TT|url=https://www.svd.se/p-o-enquist-far-nelly-sachs-priset|title=P O Enquist får Nelly Sachs-priset|date=19 September 2003|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=26 April 2020|language=sv|issn=1101-2412}}</ref> ''The Visit of the Royal Physician'' also became the first of two books by Enquist to be awarded the [[August Prize]], the other being his 2008 autobiography ''[[Ett annat liv]]''.<ref name="SvDObituary" /> Enquist was awarded the [[Austrian State Prize for European Literature]] in 2009 and the [[Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize]] in 2010.<ref name="ExpressenObituary" />

Enquist died on 25 April 2020 after a prolonged struggle with cancer.<ref name="dnobit">{{cite news | url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/p-o-enquist-ar-dod-blev-85-ar/ | title=P O Enquist är död – blev 85 år | work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] | date=26 April 2020 | access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52432215|title=Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies|date=2020-04-26|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-04-27|language=en-GB}}</ref>