Diwan

Name: Diwan
Author: Gunnar Ekelof

by Gunnar Ekelof

Poems drawing on Persian and Middle Eastern poetic forms and imagery

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Gunnar Ekelof

Swedish surrealist poet considered the greatest Swedish poet of the twentieth century. His Suite of Divan shows his engagement with Persian and Byzantine culture.

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