Harry Martinson

Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish author, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos".^[1]

Harry Martinson
Born	(1904-05-06)6 May 1904 Jämshög, Sweden
Died	11 February 1978(1978-02-11) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 (shared with Eyvind Johnson)
Spouses	Moa Martinson (1929–1940) Ingrid Lindcrantz (1942–1978)

Martinson killed himself at a Stockholm hospital by cutting his stomach open with a pair of scissors on 11 February 1978.^[2][3]