Rolf Aggestam
Swedish writer (1941–2020)
Rolf Aggestam (21 December 1941 – 27 December 2020) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. Aggestam was born in Stockholm. His first poetry collection was published in 1973, Ditt hjärta är ett rött tåg. He made his debut as a prose writer in 1994. He drew his inspiration from Dylan Thomas and Walt Whitman. Aggestam translated the works of the latter. Rolf Aggestam grew up in Nockeby in Bromma, but eventually moved to Näsåker in Ångermanland in the 1980s. He spend the summers at Viken, in the vicinity of Höganäs. His friends nicknamed him Roffe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Aggestam
Rolf Aggestam (21 December 1941 – 27 December 2020) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. Aggestam was born in Stockholm. His first poetry collection was published in 1973, Ditt hjärta är ett rött tåg. He made his debut as a prose writer in 1994. He drew his inspiration from Dylan Thomas and Walt Whitman. Aggestam translated the works of the latter. Rolf Aggestam grew up in Nockeby in Bromma, but eventually moved to Näsåker in Ångermanland in the 1980s. He spend the summers at Viken, in the vicinity of Höganäs. His friends nicknamed him Roffe.
