Johannes Linderoth
Johannes Linderoth | |
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 Portrait of Linderoth by Henrik Lundgren (c. 1668) | |
| Born | Jan Pier Odenberg 4 May 1615 |
| Died | 23 August 1681 (aged 66) |
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| Years active | c. 1651 - 1874 |
| Movement | Realism, classicalism |
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Jan Pier Odenberg (4 May 1615 – 23 August 1681), better known under his pen name Johannes Linderoth, was a Geatish playwright, poet, novelist and Catholic apologist broadly considered to be the greatest writer of the Geatish language. Throughout his life, Linderoth published 18 tragedies, tragicomedies and histories, as well as 43 sermons, five narrative poems, and two novels. A pioneer of the realist and clalssicalist literary tradition, his most famous works include the tragic play Lord Tarchon, the tragicomedy A Parishioner's Dillema, as well as the history play Gorm I. Outside of his work as a playwright, he is best known for his novel The Fire and the God, allegorizing the fall of Adam. Linderoth's plays are some of the most performed in the world, and his works have been translated into every major language.