Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (July 20, 1864 – April 8, 1931) was a Swedish poet, posthumously awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Quotes

• It whispers; all is waiting here
  Kept safe for thee, year after year,
  Beautiful songs in thousands;
  Where hast thou been, where, where?
  • Attributed in Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings, tr. Leif Sjoberg and W. H. Auden (1964), journal entry for (October 1, 1957).