Göran Tunström
Göran Tunström | |
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Göran Tunström around 1960 | |
| Born | 14 May 1937 Karlstad, Sweden |
| Died | 5 February 2000 (aged 62) Stockholm |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1960–2000 |
| Genre | Biography, novel, poem, short story |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
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| Spouse | Lena Cronqvist |
| Children | Linus |
Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his Juloratoriet (The Christmas Oratorio) was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public. He participated in the Oslo International Poetry Festival.
He was married to artist Lena Cronqvist, and was the father of theatre and film director Linus Tunström.