Bengt Pohjanen

| birth_place = Kassa, Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = author, translator, literature scientist, Orthodox Christian priest | nationality = Sweden | citizenship = | education = Literature science | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix. He belongs to the Finnic Meänkieli-speaking Tornedalian minority. Pohjanen has worked on the development of the literary language and grammar of Meänkieli; he has published Meänkieli-language writings and translations. He also writes in Finnish and Swedish.

Pohjanen won the Rubus arcticus in 1995 and the Eyvind Johnson literature prize in 2010. Provided by Wikipedia