Einar Heckscher

Actor | Creation

Date of birth : 05/06/1938

Date of death : 02/18/2020

City of birth : Uppsala, Sweden

Einar Heckscher was a Swedish poet, translator, musician and actor. While his famous father Gunnar Heckscher led the right-wing party, Einar devoted himself to jazz music and all kinds of recreational arts. He founded psychedelic music groups like Levande Livet and Telefon Paisa/ Sogmusobil and wrote poetry. He translated authors such as Charles Bukowski, Don DeLillo, John Fante, Elmore Leonard, Hunter S. Thompson, Irvine Welsh, John Kennedy Toole and Joseph Conrad.