Bengt O Björklund

Bengt O Björklund: poet, artist, journalist, photographer, writer, musician, and editor was born in Stockholm in 1949. In 1968 he landed in jail in Istanbul for $20 worth of hash and met a bunch of international artists, poets, and musicians. It was then he embarked on his artistic voyage. In 2018, he was awarded Sweden Beat Poet Laureate by the National Beat Poetry Foundation Inc. His artistic journey started in Istanbul with colored pencils and watercolours. He has five collections of poetry in English and six in Swedish.