Runar Schildt
Ernst Runar Schildt (October 26, 1888, Helsinki – September 29, 1925) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki.[1] His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have also been translated into Finnish, English, French and German.
Runar Schildt.
Runar Schildt debuted as a writer in 1912 with his first book, a collection of short stories called Den segrande Eros (The Victorious Eros). All in all, he wrote 33 short stories, of which 25 were published as books. His short stories have also been adapted for films, including Aapo, Galgmannen, The Stolen Death, and The Kiss of a Sparrow (directed by Claes Olsson).
A selection of Schildt's works
- Armas Fager
- Asmodeus och de tretton själarna samt tre noveller
- Den segrande Eros
- Den stora rollen
- En sparv i tranedans (which was made into the movie The Kiss of a Sparrow)
- Från Regnbågen till Galgmannen
- Från Rönnbruden till Häxskogen
- Galgmannen: en midvintersaga
- Häxskogen och andra noveller
- Hemkomsten och andra noveller
- Lyckoriddaren
- Perdita och andra noveller
Further reading
- Anne-Marie Londen (1989), Litterärt talspråk : studier i Runar Schildts berättarteknik med särskild hänsyn till dialogen / Anne-Marie Londen., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113529906
- Pia Forssell (1989), Runar Schildts roller : föreläsningar hållna under Schildt-symposiet i Lovisa den 2-3 juni 1988 / red.: Pia Forssell., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113529904
- Henrik Cederlöf (1967), Stilstudier i Runar Schildts novellistik., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113528459
References
- "SCHILDT, Runar (1888–1925)". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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