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Karlfeldt
[ kahrl-felt ]
noun
- E·rik Ax·el [ey, -, r, ik , ahk, -s, uh, l], 1864–1931, Swedish poet: Nobel Prize posthumously 1931.
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The first posthumous laureate was the poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt.
From New York Times
Previously, in 1931, the Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt who had died in March of the same year.
From Time
Popular in his native Sweden but little known elsewhere, Karlfeldt had refused his selection in 1918 because he was a longtime member of the Swedish Nobel Academy.
From New York Times
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