Pär Rådström
{{Short description|Swedish writer and journalist (1925–1963)}}
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| name = Pär Rådström
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Photo: Tore Johnson
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|08|29}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1963|08|29|1925|08|29}}
| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| nationality = Swedish
| notableworks = Ärans portar
| spouse = Annemarie Rådström
| children = Niklas Rådström
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Pär Kristian Rådström (29 August, 1925 – 29 August, 1963) was a Swedish writer and journalist. He also wrote popular songs and was a radio personality.{{cite book |title=Modern Swedish Prose in Translation |editor= Karl Erik Lagerlof |date=1979 |publisher=University Of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0816608768 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEkwtrAvFugC&q=P%C3%A4r+R%C3%A5dstr%C3%B6m&pg=PA43 |accessdate=30 November 2016}} His novel, Ärans portar (The Gates of Glory), published in 1954, was his first major success.
Biography
Rådström was the son of the writer Karl Johan Rådström and the younger brother of the mathematician Hans Rådström (1919–1970). He was friends with authors Lars Forssell and Stig Claesson,{{cite web |author=Holmberg, Benny |date=31 December 2010 |title=Pär Rådström- a literary chameleon |url=http://tidningenkulturen.se/index.php/litteratur/essaeer-om-litteratur/7972-paer-radstroem-en-litteraer-kameleont |publisher=Tidningen Kulturen |accessdate=30 November 2016}} and the subject of Claesson's book, Om vänskap funnes.
Rådström was married to Annemarie Rådström, a journalist and theater director, and their son is the poet and playwright, Niklas Rådström.{{cite web |url=http://sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=89359 |website=Swedish Film Database |title=Niklas Rådström |accessdate=30 November 2016}}
Bibliography
- Men inga blommor vissnade (1946)
- Stjärnan under kavajslaget (1949)
- Tiden väntar inte (1952)
- Greg Bengtsson & kärleken (1953)
- Ärans portar (1954)
- Paris – en kärleksroman (1955)
- Ballong till månen (1958)
- Sommargästerna (1960)
- Översten (1961)
- Mordet. En sörmländsk herrgårdsroman (1962)
- Den korta resan (1963)
Screenplay
- Kvinnan som försvann (1949)
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- {{IMDb name|name=Pär Rådström|id=nm0753638}}
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- {{LCAuth|n84107126|Pär Rådström|10|ue}}
- [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/radstrom_par Pär Rådström] at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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