Per Anders Fogelstr�m was among the leading figures in modern Swedish literature. He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of his many works is a series of five novels set in the city he dearly loved, describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968: Mina Dr�mmars stad, published in 1960, covers the period from 1860-1880. Barn av sin stad, published in 1962, covers 1880-1900. Minns du den stad, published in 1964, covers 1900-1925. I en f�rvandlad stad, published in 1966, covers 1925-1945. Stad i v�rlden, published in 1968, covers 1945-1968. The first four novels have been published in an English translation by Jennifer Brown Baverstam. A film of City of My Dreams was released in 1976, directed by Ingvar Skogsberg, with narration from Fogelstr�m. The 1950 film Medan staden sover was adapted by Ingmar Bergman and director Lars-Eric Kjellgren from Fogelstr�m's novel, and Ingmar Bergman's taboo-breaking 1953 film Sommaren med Monika was adapted by Fogelstr�m from his 1951 novel of the same name. [More at Wikipedia]

August 22nd, 1917 in Stockholm  /  Died:   1998