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About Peter Curman

Peter Curman (born 1941) is a Swedish poet. His first selection of poetry appeared in
1965 and since then he has published twelve books of poetry, debate books, anthologiues
and one love novel (Metdown, 1998). Together with Ingemar Lindahl he also translated
John Lennon´s "In his own write" (1965).
Curman was for many years the President of the Swedish Writers Union (1987-95) and was
lately the Chairman of the Swedish Joint Committee for Literary and Artistic Professionals, KLYS, an umbrella organization for 18 creative unions represeting the cultural scene of Sweden.
He has also been one of the driving forces behind the literary cruises in the Baltic Sea
1992 and in the Black Sea and the Aegean in 1994 that resulted in two dynamic Writers´and
Translators´Centres under the auspieces of UNESCO on the Swedish island of Gotland and the
Greek island of Rhodes.
Peter Curman is since 2003 a member of the board in The Swedish Committee for Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.
Peter Curman is also the initiator of the Swedish digital printing house PODIUM – an
initiative aimed to introduce new technology – print-on-demand – to distribute new
literature in limited editions as well as worldwide (www.podium.nu).
e-mail: pcurman@comhem.se
Kort om Peter Curman på svenska
Peter Curman, f. 1941.
Poet och journalist (Expressen, SR, SVT)
Debut: "OBS!Viktigt", dikter 1965 (W&W) m.fl. diktsamlingar.
1966
John Lennon: På eget sätt (övers. tillsammans med Ingemar Lindahl), W&W.
1967
Tillsammans med Siv Arb och Gösta Friberg initiativtagare till Författarcentrum.
1981-83
Kulturchef Stockholmstidningen.
1983-86
Kulturchef Aftonbladet.
1987-95
Ordförande Sveriges författarförbund.
1992
Tillsammans med Ewa A. Kumlin: Författarkryssning i Östersjön.
Resultat: Östersjöns internationella författarcentrum på Gotland (1993).
1994
Tillsammans med Ewa A. Kumlin: Författarkryssning i Svarta havet och Aegeiska havet.
Resultat: De tre havens centrum på Rhodos (1996).
1996-2006
Ordförande KLYS - Konstnärliga och litterära yrkesutövares samarbetsnämnd.
2007
Ordförande TSWTC (Three Seas Writers and Translators Council, Rhodes).
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