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...winners: Swedish Poet Harry Martinson, 70, and Swedish Novelist Eyvind Johnson, 74. Martinson's best-known work, Aniara, published in English in 1956, is a narrative poem about a space voyage. Johnson's chef-d'oeuvre, a semi-autobiographical series called The Novel About Olaf, published in the mid-30s, was never completely translated into English. The two writers' fame is hardly international, and the choice promptly gave rise to complaints. One charge seemed at least plausible. Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expected at the December ceremonies in Stockholm to pick up his 1970 prize and the Swedish...
...medieval and modern art, taught at Harvard from 1932 until his retirement last year. He was the author of "Edvard Munch," the first English biography of the Norwegian expressionist. After its publication in 1950, Deknatel was awarded the "Knight's Cross First Class, of the Royal Order of St. Olaf" by the Norwegian government...
Over the centuries there have been six London Bridges; the one that Mc Culloch bought is only the latest to follow the nursery rhyme and come "falling down." The first span to have its destruction commemorated in song was wrecked in a raid by Olaf the Norwegian in 1014. London decided a year ago to replace the present bridge because it was not only too small to accommodate today's traffic, but was sinking into the riverbed at a rate of 1 in. every eight years. Plans for a new bridge on the old site are already under...
...have felt the loss of Finholt," said Harrington. (A strong rebounder, Finholt transfered to St, Olaf College in Minnesota after the first semester.) Harrington was quite pleased with the rebounding of his charges yesterday, lauding particularly Janczewski, Kane, and 6-8 center George Yates...
Collins made his debut as a starter Saturday night, replacing Dave Finholt. Finholt, who has performed capably all season, is transferring to St. Olaf College in Minnesota at the end of this semester. Coach Harrington used him sparingly against M.I.T...