caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality notableworks name birth_date period image article_title birth_name
per olof sundman 9 october 1992 stockholm , sweden vaxholm , sweden swedish '' flight of the eagle '' per olof sundman 4 september 1922 1957 -- 1992 po-sundman . jpeg per olof sundman
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per olof sundman -lrb- 4 september 1922 , vaxholm -- 9 october 1992 , stockholm -rrb- was a swedish writer and politician .
sundman was born in vaxholm .
after world war ii , sundman joined the centre party and was elected to the riksdag .
per olof sundman released his first book in 1957 and soon became a successful writer , even internationally .
his writing has been compared to that of ernest hemingway .
in 1968 , sundman received the nordic council 's literature prize , and in 1975 , he became a member of the swedish academy , seat 6 .
his seat is now held by tomas riad .
