| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Lagerkvist, Pär Fabian |
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| SYLLABICATION: | La·ger·kvist |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  lä g r-kf st |
| DATES: | 1891–1974 |
| Swedish writer whose novels, including The Hangman (1933) and The Dwarf (1944), explore morality and the search for belief. He won the 1951 Nobel Prize for literature.
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