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Rolf Aggestam
Born(1941-12-21)21 December 1941
Died27 December 2020(2020-12-27) (aged 79)
Alma materUniversity of Lund
Occupation(s)Poet, writer and translator
Years active1973–2020

Rolf Aggestam (21 December 1941 – 27 December 2020) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator.[1] Aggestam was born in Stockholm.[2] His first poetry collection was published in 1973, Ditt hjärta är ett rött tåg.[2] He made his debut as a prose writer in 1994.[3] He drew his inspiration from Dylan Thomas and Walt Whitman.[2] Aggestam translated the works of the latter.[1]

Rolf Aggestam grew up in Nockeby in Bromma,[1] but eventually moved to Näsåker in Ångermanland in the 1980s.[4] He spend the summers at Viken, in the vicinity of Höganäs.[1] His friends nicknamed him Roffe.[4]

Aggestam studied at the University of Lund in the 1960s, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, and then worked as a journalist in Malmö.[1] He was an editor of the magazine Lyrikvännen in the years 1973–1977,[1] and also an editor of the literary calendar Halifax with Katarina Frostenson from 1987 to 1996.[2] Aggestam received several prizes for his poetry, among others: Sveriges Radios lyrikpris, Eyvind Johnson-priset and Gerard Bonniers lyrikpris.[2]

During his lifetime, Aggestam was known first and foremost as a poet and translated poems by, among others, Matsuo Bashō and Walt Whitman, published respectively in 1974 and 1983.[3]

The last poetry collection of Aggestam, Mitt i det veka livet, was published posthumously in 2021.[3]

Rolf Aggestam was married to Annelie Fridell-Aggestam, she is also a writer.[5] Together, they have three daughters.[4]

Bibliography

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  • 1973Ditt hjärta är ett rött tåg ISBN 91-46-11929-9
  • 1975Glimmer ISBN 91-46-12359-8
  • 1979Rost ISBN 91-46-13351-8
  • 1980Häpp, hopp ISBN 91-46-13666-5
  • 1986Med handen om pennan ISBN 91-46-15269-5
  • 1989Between Darkness and Darkness: Selected Poems ISBN 0-915986-24-8
  • 1992Foder ISBN 91-46-16117-1
  • 1994Niagara! ISBN 91-46-16523-1
  • 1998Att flå en blixt ISBN 91-46-17343-9
  • 2003I detta ögonblick ISBN 91-46-17541-5
  • 2009Död räkning ISBN 91-46-21967-6
  • 2016Tattartrumpet ISBN 978-91-46-22947-6
  • 2021Mitt i det veka livet ISBN 91-46-23715-1

Awards

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