Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974, announced October 3, 1974. Eyvind Johnson (1/2), “for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom”. Harry Martinson (1/2), “for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos”. Eyvind Johnson: born 1900, Svartbjörnsbyn, Sweden. Harry Martinson: born 1904, Jämshög, Sweden. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).