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Bengt Jangfeldt is an author and historian. His biography Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele (I.B.Tauris) was published in 2008 and won the Swedish Academy's prize for biography. The Hero of Budapest: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg was published in 2014, also with I.B. Tauris. A further large-scale biography, Mayakovsky, about the renowned Russian poet, appeared in 2014. The author has twice been awarded the August Prize (the Swedish equivalent of the Pulitzer) for best non-fiction book of the year.

Harry D. Watson is a graduate in Scandinavian Studies of University College London, UK. He is an active literary translator from Swedish and has translated biographies of several notable Swedes (Axel Munthe, Raoul Wallenberg) and the Russian poet Mayakovsky, as well as novels by Magnus Florin.

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/20/2025
      ISBN13: 9781350529168, 978-1350529168
      ISBN10: 1350529168
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      History European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Bengt Jangfeldt is an author and historian. His biography Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele (I.B.Tauris) was published in 2008 and won the Swedish Academy's prize for biography. The Hero of Budapest: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg was published in 2014, also with I.B. Tauris. A further large-scale biography, Mayakovsky, about the renowned Russian poet, appeared in 2014. The author has twice been awarded the August Prize (the Swedish equivalent of the Pulitzer) for best non-fiction book of the year.

      Harry D. Watson is a graduate in Scandinavian Studies of University College London, UK. He is an active literary translator from Swedish and has translated biographies of several notable Swedes (Axel Munthe, Raoul Wallenberg) and the Russian poet Mayakovsky, as well as novels by Magnus Florin.

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