Jesper Svenbro (born 10 March 1944) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy.
Biography Svenbro was born in Landskrona, Scania, Sweden. He was educated at Lund University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1976 for his dissertation , on the origin of ancient Greek poetics. Other works include : (1988). He is director of research at Centre Louis Gernet (CRCSA) in Paris. In 2006, he was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, succeeding the poet Östen Sjöstrand in seat 8.
His poetry has been translated into English by the Swedish critic Lars-Håkan Svensson and the American poet John Matthias, and appearing, among other venues, in the journal Samizdat and the volume The Three-Toed Gull: Selected Poems, published by Northwestern University Press. In 2010, Svenbro was awarded the Illis quorum in the eighth size by the Swedish government.
Bibliography (1966) (1976) (1979) (1984) : (1988) (1988) (1991) (1991)
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References Jesper Svenbro, official presentation at Centre Louis Gernet "SvD:s litteraturpristagare pendlar mellan samtiden och antiken", interview in Svenska Dagbladet, 28 November 2005. "Nya ledamöter i Svenska Akademien", official press release from the Swedish Academy