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Klas Östergren

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Klas Östergren


Born
in Stockholm, Sweden
February 20, 1955

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Drama


Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm in 1955 and is the author of several novels including the landmark Gentlemen (1981) and its sequel, Gangsters (2005). A leading star of Swedish literature for nearly three decades, he has won the Piratenpriset and the Doblougska prize from the Swedish Academy. A founder of the rock band Fullersta Revolutionary Orchestra, Östergren has also worked as a translator, playwright, and scriptwriter for television and screen, and he co-wrote Mikael Håfström's film Ondskan, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. He now lives with his wife and three children in the seafront town of Kivik in southern Sweden.

Member of the Swedish Academy between 2014-2018.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 9,230 ratings · 637 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors
Gentlemen
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3.93 avg rating — 2,405 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions
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Gangsters: Roman
3.50 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2005 — 23 editions
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Renegater
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Twist
3.55 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions
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I en skog av sumak
3.56 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions
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Två pistoler
3.28 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions
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Fantomerna
3.64 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions
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Den sista cigarretten
3.56 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Julrevy i Jonseryd och andr...
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The Hurricane Party
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Series by Klas Östergren

Gentlemen Gangsters: Roman Renegater
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“Many authors, as Hanck in particular had noted, were basically little people, spiritually shriveled, atrophied and care-worn personalities. Petty. Vulnerable and frightened. They needed help in their daily lives in order to seem bigger, or at least like everyone else. They sought compensation in poetry, resorted to words because words seemed harmless and free of prejudice; they didn't bite, they didn't provoke, they didn't infect. And besides, they didn't cost a thing. They were a suitable material for revenge-seeking cretins.”
― Klas Ostergren, The Hurricane Party
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