Katarina Frostenson är född i Stockholm 1953. Hon har studerat litteratur-, film- och teatervetenskap vid Stockholms universitet och översatt skönlitteratur från franska, bl a Henri Michaux, Marguerit…
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, (4 April 1914 -3 March 1996) known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.
The Prince, book of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political theorist, in 1513 describes an indifferent ruler to moral considerations with determination to achieve and to maintain power.
She is perhaps most famous for her poems, of which the most well-known ought to be "Yes, of course it hurts" (Swedish: "Ja visst gör det ont") and "In motion…
Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg was a Swedish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stockho…
Agneta Pleijel is a Swedish novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and literary critic. She was assigned professor at Dramatiska Institutet from 1992.She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1991.
Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 – February 11, 1978) was a Swedish sailor, author and poet. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974, "for…
Mare Kandre was a Swedish writer of Estonian descent. She was born on May 27, 1962 in Söderala, a small place in mid-Sweden and grew up in Gothenburg and Stockholm. Between 1967 and 1969, she lived wi…
Nina Lykke (f. 1965) debuterte i 2010 med den kritikerroste novellesamlingen Orgien, og andre fortellinger. Romanen Oppløsningstendenser (2013) fikk strålende anmeldelser og ble kortlistet til P2-lytt…
Lena Andersson (born 18 April 1970 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and journalist. She won the August Prize in 2013 for the novel Wilful Disregard. In the same year, the same book, won her the L…
Therese Bohman is an editor of the magazine Axess and a columnist for Expressen and Tidningen Vi, writing about literature, art, culture, and fashion. She lives in Sweden.
Lina Wolff is a Swede who has lived and worked in Italy and Spain. During her years in Valencia and Madrid, she began to write her short story collection Many People Die Like You. Her novel, Bret East…
Stacken är Annika Norlins första roman. Novellsamlingen Jag ser allt du gör (2020) nominerades till Augustpriset, Borås Tidnings debutantpris, Norrlands litteraturpris och Katapultpriset för årets bäs…
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 …
Jon Jordås är dokumentärchef på produktionsbolaget Filt. Han har bevakat ett stort antal olika kriminalfall som journalist och bland annat jobbat med prisbelönta P3 Dokumentär om Palmeutredningen inif…
Matilda Gustavsson (f. 1987) är kulturjournalist. Hennes texter har publicerats i flera olika magasin och dagstidningar. Hon skriver återkommande för Dagens Nyheters kultursidor.
Andrev Igor Walden, född 14 maj 1976 i Mariefred, Södermanlands län, är en svensk författare, journalist och illustratör. Han skriver för Dagens Nyheter. Walden tilldelades Augustpriset 2023 för sin r…
