Erik Mesterton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erik Mesterton

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1903

Place of Birth: Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Date of Death: 10-Jan-2004

Profession: librarian, translator, literary critic

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Erik Mesterton (4 October 1903 – 10 January 2004) was a Swedish author, literature critic and translator. Together with poet Karin Boye he was editor for the influential culture magazine Spektrum in the 1930s (Modernist (T.
S.
Eliot was a favourite) and Freudian readings of literature were introduced.
Mesterton lived in Gothenburg where he also did research on literature with scholars from the University of Gothenburg.