1911 - 1984
Åke Ohlmarks Swedish Writer
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| First Name |
Åke
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| Last Name |
Ohlmarks
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| Birthday |
3rd June, 1911
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| Died |
1984
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
Swedish
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Åke Joel Ohlmarks (3 June 1911 – 6 June 1984) was a Swedish author, translator and scholar of religion. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Greifswald from 1941 to 1945. Together with the Deutsche Christen member Wilhelm Koepp he founded the institute for religious studies there in 1944. His most notable contribution to the field is his 1939 study of Shamanism. As a translator, he is notable for his Swedish version of the Icelandic Edda, of Shakespeare's works and of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the Qur'an and works by Dante, Nostradamus and others.