Bengt Pohjanen

Bengt Pohjanen
Bengt Pohjanen (2020)
Bengt Pohjanen (2020)
Born (1944-06-26) 26 June 1944 (age 80)
Kassa, Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden
Occupationauthor, translator, literature scientist, Orthodox Christian priest
NationalitySweden
EducationLiterature science
Website
www.sirillus.se

Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix.[1] He belongs to the Finnic Meänkieli-speaking Tornedalian minority.[2] Pohjanen has worked on the development of the literary language and grammar of Meänkieli;[3] he has published Meänkieli-language writings and translations. He also writes in Finnish and Swedish.[4]

Pohjanen won the Rubus arcticus in 1995 and the Eyvind Johnson literature prize in 2010.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Bengt Pohjanen". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Bengt Pohjanen". norstedts.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  3. ^ "Meän kieltä hoon päältä". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  4. ^ "Bengt Pohjanen". naytelmat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  5. ^ "Eyvind Johnson-priset till Pohjanen". Svenska Dagbladet. 3 May 2010.


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