Awards & Winners

Bo Carpelan

Date of Birth 25-October-1926
Place of Birth Helsinki
(Finland, Uusimaa, Southern Finland Province, Helsinki-Tallin Euregio)
Nationality Finland
Also know as Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan, Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan
Profession Poet, Author, Writer
Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan was a Finnish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories. Carpelan died of cancer on 11 February 2011. In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. He is the only person yet to have received the Finlandia Prize twice. He won the 2006 European Prize for Literature. His poem, Winter was Hard, was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen. He was a member of the Finnish noble family Carpelan.

Awards by Bo Carpelan

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bo Carpelan.

2005


Finlandia Award
Honored for : Berg
(Swedish)

1993


Finlandia Award
Honored for : Urwind
(Swedish)

1977


Nordic Council's Literature Prize
Honored for : I de mo?rka rummen, i de ljusa
(Finland)

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize I de mo?rka rummen, i de ljusa
Finland

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize Ka?llan
Finland

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize 73 dikter
Finland