'''Pär Fabian Lagerkvist''' ([[May 23 maggio]], [[1891]] – [[July 11 luglio]], [[1974]]<!--PLEASE) PLACESè OFstato B/Duno MUST BE PUT WITHIN THE ARTICLE-->) was ascrittore [[SwedenSvezia|Swedishsvedese]]. authorVinse who was awarded theil [[Premio Nobel Prizeper inla Literatureletteratura]] innel [[1951]].
Lagerkvist wrotescrisse [[poetrypoesia|poemspoesie]], [[play]]s,opere [[novel]]steatrali, storiesromanzi racconti, andstorie [[essay]]se saggi<!-- of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s. Among his central themes was the fundamental question of good and evil, which he examined through such figures as the man who was freed instead of Jesus, [[Barabbas]], and the [[wandering Jew]] Ahasuerus. As a moralist, he used religious motifs and figures from the [[Christianity|Christian]] tradition without following the doctrines of the [[Church]].-->
==BiographyBiografia ande worksopere==
Lagerkvist wasnacque born ina [[Växjö]] ([[Småland]]).
Lagerkvist receivedricevette auna traditionaltradizionale religiousistruzione educationreligiosa whichche stronglyinfluenzò influencedfortemente alltutte hisle workssue opere, although his passion for religion mellowed in his later years under the influence of modern scientific ideas, which eventually led him to break with the religion of his forefathers.
In his early years Lagerkvist supported modernist and radicalist views, as shown by his manifesto ''Ordkonst och bildkonst'' (word and pickther art) (1913) and the plays ''Den Svåre Stunden'' ("The Difficult Hour"). He was also influenced by socialism.
