Description

Vilhelm Moberg, born on the 20th of August 1898 and dead on the 8th of August 1973), was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his series The Emigrants. The four books, published between 1949 and 1959, deal with the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century, and are the subject of two movie adaptations and a musical. Among other works are Raskens (1927) and Ride This Night (1941), a historical novel of a 17th-century rebellion in Småland acknowledged for its subliminal but widely recognised criticism against the Hitler regime. Vilhelm Moberg was a noted public intellectual and debater in Sweden, he was famous for very vocal criticism of the Swedish monarchy, the policies of Nazi Germany, the Greek military junta, and the Soviet Union, and his works were among those destroyed in Nazi book burnings. Moberg’s death by self-inflicted drowning also drew much attention, following his long struggle with depression and writer’s block. This spoken word album features ten different recordings from the Swedish radio archives. Vilhelm reads parts of his Nybyggarna book and talks about his early years and how he become a writer. There are also interviews and other Radio recordings on this disc. Like many of the albums released by the Swedish Radio it has become quite hard to find

Track list:
1. När Jag Blev Författare (1939)
2. Författaren Om Sin Favoritfigur (Boksommar 1969)
3. Vad Menar Vi Med Det Svenska (Till Svenskar I Främmande Land 1940)
4. Gammal Dans Spelade På Munspel (Var Efter Sin Näbb 1945)
5. Unga Arga (Vår Tids Hjältar 1967)
6. Moberg Om Moberg Som Samhällskritiker (Tidspegeln 1962)
7. På Bromma Vid Återkomsten Från Usas (Dagens Eko 1953)
8. Synemän I Markerna (Nybyggarna 1957)
9. En Dacke Idag (1971)
10. Möte Med Författare (1957)