ABSTRACT
Lars Gyllensten (1921-2006) was one of the most productive Swedish authors during the twentieth century; he was active from the end of World War II to the release of his last book in 2004. When he concluded his literary production it consisted of 42 novels, essay collections, and a multitude of reviews and articles in the daily press. He was also a full-time researcher and tutor in the medical field of histology and embryology; he defended his dissertation in medicine in 1953, and became assistant professor in histology in 1969. He produced about sixty scientific reports and was active as a scientific researcher until he became a full-time author in 1973. For his novels he was awarded the Pilot Prize in 1978 and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1991, among others.
