Per Wästberg
Per Wästberg | |
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Wästberg in 2010 | |
| Born | 20 November 1933 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Education | Uppsala University Östra Real |
| Occupations | writer, journalist, poet |
| Employer | Dagens Nyheter |
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| Partner | Margareta Ekström |
| Children | Johanna Ekström |
| Parent | Erik Wästberg (father) |
| Relatives | Olle Wästberg (brother) |
| President of PEN International (Interim) | |
| In office November 1989 – May 1990 | |
| Preceded by | René Tavernier |
| Succeeded by | György Konrád |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 12) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Werner Aspenström |
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Per Erik Wästberg (born 20 November 1933) is a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.
Wästberg was born in Stockholm, son of Erik Wästberg and his wife Greta née Hirsch, and holds a degree in literature from Uppsala University. He was editor-in-chief of Sweden's largest daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter 1976–1982, and has been a contributor since 1953. He is an older brother of Olle Wästberg.
Wästberg was a member of Amnesty International for many years and was a president of International PEN.
He has been a member of the Nobel Prize in Literature committee since 1999, chair between 2005 and 2019.