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Gustaf Hellström
1882–1953
A Swedish novelist and journalist with a wide view of the world, he turned years spent in London, Paris, and New York into fiction marked by close observation and realism. He is especially remembered for "Snörmakare Lekholm får en idé" and for the long autobiographical series collected as "Stellan Petreus."
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Dagdrömmar En man utan humor I
by Gustaf Hellström
About the author
Born in Kristianstad in 1882, Gustaf Hellström built a career as both a writer and a journalist. Reliable reference sources describe him as a novelist, literary critic, and foreign correspondent, and note that he worked for Dagens Nyheter.
Much of his adult life was spent abroad. He lived in London, Paris, and New York during the early decades of the 20th century, and those experiences shaped much of his early fiction. His writing is often described as realist in style, with a strong interest in social observation and character.
Hellström later became a member of the Swedish Academy, and he died in Stockholm in 1953. Today he is still best known for Snörmakare Lekholm får en idé and for the multi-volume autobiographical novel sequence Stellan Petreus.