The Swedish author Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940) is known for his lyric poetry and historical novels. He received the 1916 Nobel Prize in literature. Verner von Heidenstam was born on July 6, 1859, the son of aristocratic parents....

(born July 6, 1859, Olshammar, Sweden—died May 20, 1940, Övralid) poet and prose writer who led the literary reaction to the Naturalist movement in Sweden, calling for a renaissance of the literature of fantasy, beauty, and national themes....

(born July 6, 1859, Olshammar, Swed.—died May 20, 1940, Övralid) Swedish poet and novelist. His first book of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years (1888), drew on his years living in southern Europe and the Middle East and was an immediate...

Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (July 6, 1859 – May 20, 1940) was a Swedish poet and novellist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. Most of his works are passionate depictions of...

VERNER PANTON, the legendary Danish architect and designer, was one of the most dynamic and creative figures of post-war design. "The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imaginations," he said, and he did this with a vengeance with...

Former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell, who in recent years has been dispatched on missions to negotiate peace in the Middle East and Ireland, has taken on a new rescue mission: his own law firm. In a shake-up of the firm's top...