Jan Myrdal

Jan Myrdal (born 19 July 1927, Bromma, Stockholm) is a Swedish left-wing political writer and columnist. He has been awarded an honorary D.Litt. from Upsala College in New Jersey, USA, and a Ph.D. from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. At different times he has lived in the United States, Afghanistan, Iran, and India. A liberal and wide-ranging writer, he developed interest in subjects unknown to many and worked across multiple genres, consistently seeking to place the historical and social forces of literature and popular culture within a political context. He has written books on diverse topics such as Meccano: A War-Time Propaganda Posters and French Eighteenth-Century Caricature Art.