Harry Martinson was born on May 6, 1904 in Nyteboda, Blekinge län, Sweden as Harry Edmund Martinson. He was a writer and actor, known for Vägen till Klockrike (1953) and Aniara (1960). He was married to Moa Martinson. He died on February 11, 1978 in Karolinska sjukhuset, Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden.