Göran Palm

Göran Johan Samuel Palm was a Swedish poet and writer.

Biography

Göran Johan Samuel Palm was born 3 February 1931 in Uppsala to Valborg and Samuel Palm, a rural dean. In his 20s, he acquired a Bachelor of Science from Uppsala University, worked as a teacher and was editor for the magazine Upptakt. He also worked for the magazine Bonniers Litterära Magasin and contributed with works about poets Comte de Lautréamont and Ezra Pound.
In 1961, he debuted in with the poetry collection Hundens besök. Världen ser dig, also poetry, was released in 1964 and included the poem "Havet". He received the literature prize of the newspaper Aftonbladet the same year.
En orättvis betraktelse and Indoktrineringen i Sverige reported on state of folkhemmet. After having worked one year at LM Ericsson, Palm wrote two books about his time at the company. In the 1972 book Ett år på LM, Palm discusses his year working at the assembly line of the telecom company, which continues in the 1974 follower Bokslut från LM together with the Palm's thoughts on the reception of the first book. Bokslut från LM was nominated for the 1975 Nordic Council Literature Prize. The two were translated into English by Patrick Smith as The Flight from Work.
In 1984, the first part of Palm's Sverige – en vintersaga, a series of four works with poetry tales on blank verse, was released. The following parts were released in 1989, 1996, and 2005. In 1998, he was awarded the Selma Lagerlöf Prize and Ferlinpriset in 2003. In 2005, he was awarded the Stig Dagerman Prize.
Palm died 12 April 2016 in Stockholm, aged 85.