Ragnar Jändel (13 April 1895 – 6 May 1939) was a Swedish poet and writer.Svensk litteratur Hilding Sallnäs, Staffan Tor Erland Björck - 1950 - Page 167 "RAGNAR JÄNDEL 1895–1939. Då vi från Dan Andersson vänder oss till Ragnar Jändel, förflyttas vi från Dalarnas mörka kolarskogar till Blekinges ljusa lunder, till en diktvärld, där solen skiner, blommorna doftar ... " He was of proletarian origin and one of the Swedish labor poets.Henry Bengston, Michael Brook On the Left in America: Memoirs of the Scandinavian-American Labor ... - Page 157 1999 "To fill this gap, Svenska Socialisten made a fairly dedicated effort to publish the latest works of native Swedish labor poets, including such names as Ragnar Jandel (1895–1939), Harry Blomberg (1893–1950), Dan Andersson (1888–1920), ..." He was born in Blekinge, and his autobiographical writing Childhood paints a bleak picture of working-class family life.Albert Wifstrand, Lars Rydbeck, Denis Searby Epochs and Styles: Selected Writings on the New Testament, Greek ... - 2005 - Page 172 "In recent times there have been quite a lot of autobiographical descriptions of childhood that by no means paint such a bright picture of it, such as Ragnar Jandel's Childhood, Harry Martinson's Nettles in Bloom, Hans Carossa's descriptions or ..." Partly because of a religious tone in his lyrics, he was expelled from the newspapers Brand and Stormklockan by more dogmatic left-wing socialists. One of his poems from this period was proposed by Fabian Månsson for inclusion in the 1937 hymnal. He died in Ronneby.
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