"Man bör tänka sig själv som en person som finns i framtiden och kan bedöma – fördöma eller gilla – det jag som handlar idag, det jag som håller stånd eller sviker."
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Nobel laureates in LiteratureNobel laureates from SwedenAcademics from SwedenNovelists from SwedenShort story writers from Sweden
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"Om mod" in: Tor Andræ and Anders Österling, I angeläget ärende, Stockholm: A. Bonnier, 1941.
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Eyvind Johnson
Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974.
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