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Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905 - 1961)
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 Markings
by
Dag Hammarskjöld
A book of meditations. A revealing spiritual
self-portrait by one of the great peacemakers of our times:
Maturity: Among other things, the unclouded
happiness of the child at play who takes it for granted that he is
at one with his playmates.
Never, "for the sake of peace and
quiet," deny your own experience or convictions.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is
that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into
finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Never measure the height of a mountain until you
have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
About the Author
Dag Hammarskjold was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, in 1905, and died
near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, on September 18, 1961, in an air
crash while flying there to negotiate a cease-fire between United
Nations and Katanga forces.
The son of the Swedish prime minister during
World War I, Hammarskjold studied law and economics at the
universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. He quickly gained
prominence in his own country as secretary and then chairman of
the board of governors of the Bank of Sweden; he was
undersecretary of the Swedish department of finance from 1936 to
1945. In 1946 he entered the foreign ministry as financial adviser
and became chief Swedish delegate to the OEEC in 1948. In 1951 he
was the vice chairman of the Swedish delegation to the United
Nations, in 1952 he was chairman, and in 1953 he was elected
Secretary-General and re-elected in 1957.
Widely read in literature and philosophy, Dag
Hammarskjold translated the poetry of St.-John Perse into Swedish.
He was made a member of the Swedish Academy in 1954.
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From The
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Homepage
University of Illinois at Chicago
Excerpt:
In 1951 he joined the Swedish delegation to the
United Nations, becoming its chairman in 1952. When Trygve Lie
resigned as secretary-general in 1953, Hammarskjold was elected to
the position. An active international peacemaker of great moral
authority and sensitivity, he worked to resolve the Suez crisis of
1956 and the 1958 crisis in Lebanon and Jordan. In 1960, with the
onset of the Congo crisis, he sent a UN-peacemaking force into
that country (now Zaire), a move that was strongly attacked by the
USSR. Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash while on a peace
mission to Katanga in the Congo. He was posthumously awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for 1961. His writings include Markings
(1964), a book of personal reflections. In this book, he showed
that "the longest journey is the journey inwards."
Hammarskjold was not openly gay during his lifetime. Given the
climate in which he worked, public knowledge of his sexual
orientation would likely have reduced his effectiveness...
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The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is a special
library whose mandated role is to serve the information needs of
United Nations permanent Mission staff and Secretariat staff;
however, permission to use the Library is also given for short
periods of time to advanced-level researchers (PhD candidates,
authors, etc.) who have found that materials required to complete
their research are unavailable at depository
libraries...
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