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in Sweden for the minute accuracy of the descriptions and the well-chosen expressions. Leaving poetry aside Siwertz gave his attention to novel writing, which is to this day his usual mode of expression. Margot, 1906, the first of a series of short stories, depicting town life; The Circle, The Brothers of Lake Maelar, 1908; The Old Folk, 1909; The Pirate of Maelar, 3rd edition, 1911; A Loafer, 4th edition, 1914; Grown-up Children, 1915, are among his most valuable works.

. He is a native of Geneva but like many of his compatriots, likewise writers of talent, has spent the greater part of his life in Paris. .