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Karin Smirnoff


Born
in Umeå, Sweden
September 24, 1964

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Genre
Fiction, Contemporary


Karin Smirnoff (b. 1964) lives in the small village of Yttre Hertsånger, in northern Sweden. She worked as a journalist before she decided to change direction and bought a wooden factory. After a few years Smirnoff yearned back to the practice of writing and decided to pick it up again – but this time in literary form. She applied to Lund University’s Writer’s school with what would become her debut as an author: My Brother. It received triumphant reviews and was nominated for the esteemed August Prize in 2018. The following year Smirnoff returned with My Mother and in 2020 she ended the trilogy about Jana Kippo with Then I Went Home Smirnoff brought something entirely new into the literary field with her immensely appreciated trilogy that ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 70,387 ratings · 5,504 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
Jag for ner till bror (Jana...
4.10 avg rating — 18,699 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions
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Vi for upp med mor (Jana Ki...
4.18 avg rating — 11,376 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions
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Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo...
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Sockerormen
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Missing people
3.59 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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Jana Kippo-sviten
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Verderben
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Jag for ner till bror Vi for upp med mor Sen for jag hem
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Quotes by Karin Smirnoff  (?)
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“Måndag morgon är måndag morgon oavsett var i världen man bor. Det är ingen tröst.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Jag for ner till bror
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“You can never change the path of fate, only choose which side to walk on,”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
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“En människa som ramlat. Hjälp honom upp.
En människa som lagt sig ner. Låt honom ligga.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Vi for upp med mor
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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English Translati...: Nordic Noir - Book Review - My Brother 2 20 Apr 21, 2021 09:38PM  
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English Translati...: Karin Smirnoff - My Brother 1 8 May 11, 2022 04:44AM  
English Translati...: Karin Smirnoff - My Brother - Sweden 1 10 Jun 10, 2022 04:59PM  
English Translati...: September 2022 - read-along 9 19 Sep 24, 2022 07:10PM  
Around the Year i...: Dee's (in Desert) ATY 2023 1 27 Nov 21, 2022 11:18PM  


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