AuthorGunnar Ekelöf1907–1968Diwan on the Prince of Emgion is a book of poetry published in 1965 by the Swedish writer Gunnar Ekelöf. The work takes the form of a cycle of poems presented as interpretations of Byzantine songs and myths, through which the author seeks new and personal symbols for the experience of the divine, of suffering, and of love as the basic human condition.
For this search for personal symbols, the book received the Nordic Council Literature Prize. The jury highlighted precisely this capacity to give fresh form to universal experiences.
The collection is the first installment of a trilogy, continued by The Tale of Fatumeh and Guide to the Underworld.
Themes
Interpretation of Byzantine mythsThe divine and religious experienceHuman sufferingLove as basic conditionPersonal symbols in poetry
Other works by Gunnar Ekelöf
- Non Serviam 1945
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