Werner Aspenström

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Karl Werner Aspenström (born November 13, 1918, in Norrbärke, Sweden; died January 25, 1997) was a Swedish poet.

He was a member of the Swedish Academy, where he had Seat 12 from 1981 to 1997.

Aspenström claimed that his motivation for writing was "writing for his cat", but apparently hinted that he meant someone else with that.

In 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Kerstin Ekman, he resigned from the Nobel Academy for literature because of the academy’s response to the Salman Rushdie controversy, which was perceived as weak.

He was a friend of Stig Dagerman.

[edit] Works

• Snölegend (1949)
• Varelser (1989)

Preceded by Sten Lindroth

Swedish Academy, Seat No.12 1981-97

Succeeded by Per Wästberg