Johannes Edfelt
Swedish writer, poet, translator and literary critic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bo Johannes Edfelt (21 December 1904 ā 27 August 1997) was a Swedish writer, poet, translator and literary critic.
A native of Tibro, Edfelt was elected to be a member of the Swedish Academy in 1969, occupying seat No. 17. He succeeded Erik Lindegren and, following his death, was succeeded by Horace Engdahl.
Amongst other writings, Edfelt translated works by Nelly Sachs, Georg Trakl, Novalis, Andreas Gryphius, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.