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| Born | Stig Halvard Andersson 5 October 1923 Älvkarleby, Uppsala County, Sweden |
| Died | 4 November 1954 (aged 31) Enebyberg, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Occupations | Writer, journalist |
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| Language | Swedish |
| Years active | 1945–1954 |
Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II.
Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County. He later took his father's surname Jansson and then changed his name to Stig Dagerman in his teens. In the course of five years, 1945–49, he enjoyed success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a book about postwar Germany, five plays, hundreds of poems and satirical verses, several essays of note and a large amount of journalism.[citation needed]
In 1953-54 he was married to actress Anita Björk.[citation needed]
After the 1953 divorce from his first wife, battling deepening depression, he committed suicide in 1954, having shut the doors of the garage and run the engine.
Dagerman is representative of the Swedish literary movement fyrtiotalism. His works deal with universal problems of morality and conscience, of sexuality and social philosophy, of love, compassion, justice,: 14 fear, guilt, and loneliness. Despite the somber content, he also displays a wry sense of humor that occasionally turns his writing into burlesque or satire.
The annual Stig Dagerman Prize awards individuals who, like Dagerman, promote empathy and understanding through their work.
In 2023, the centenary of Stig Dagerman's birth was celebrated in Sweden with various events and staging of plays. In Stig Dagerman's native Älvkarleby a park was named after Dagerman and a statue of him was placed there.
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