Sara Brita Stridsberg (1972-08-29) 29 August 1972 (age 51) Solna, Sweden
Nationality
Swedish
Period
1999–
Notable works
Drömfakulteten Darling River Beckomberga. Ode till min familj.
Notable awards
Nordic Council's Literature Prize, 2007 European Union Prize for Literature, 2015
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 13)
In office 20 December 2016 – 7 May 2018
Preceded by
Gunnel Vallquist
Succeeded by
Anne Swärd
Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, Happy Sally was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel.
Her big international breakthrough came with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams/Valerie in 2006. The novel received the Nordic Council Award in 2007, and was nominated to the Man Booker award when published 2019 in the UK and US. Her novels are today translated into 25 languages.
In 2007, she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for her novel Drömfakulteten (Valerie, or The Faculty of Dreams),[1] which is her second novel and a fictitious story about Valerie Solanas, who wrote the SCUM manifesto, which Stridsberg has translated into Swedish. The English translation by Deborah Bragan-Turner was longlisted for the 2019 International Booker Prize.[2]
Svenska Dagbladet called Stridsberg "one of our foremost nature poets" and considered her among the best in contemporary Swedish literature while noting that Stridsberg's novels are always discomforting to read.[3]
In 2016, Stridsberg was elected to the 13th chair on the Swedish Academy previously occupied by Gunnel Vallquist.[4] She was inducted into the Academy on 20 December 2016.[5] On 27 April 2018 she left the Academy, in solidarity with Sara Danius.[6]
Sara Stridsberg is interviewing at Bokmässan in Göteborg, 2014
^"Sara Stridsberg ger sig hän åt vansinnesrytmen" [Sara Stridsberg surrenders to the rhythm of insanity]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
^Mem: 10053176. "Man Booker International 2019 longlist announced | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2021-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"En mästare på stämningar" [A master of moods]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). September 5, 2014.
^"Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" [New member of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish). 13 May 2016.
^"Chair no. 13 - Sara Stridsberg". The Swedish Academy. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^"Sara Stridsberg lämnar Svenska Akadamien". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, Happy Sally was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become...
"evening's strongest number" by The Washington Post. Swedish author SaraStridsberg wrote a semi-fictional novel about Solanas called Drömfakulteten (English:...
Dreams (Swedish: Drömfakulteten) is a 2006 novel by Swedish writer SaraStridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist...
2008-2020 Peter Englund associate member 2009-2015 Sara Danius associate member 2015-2019 SaraStridsberg springterm 2018 Jesper Svenbro 2019-2020 "Nomination...
Argentina Megan McDowell Mouthful of Birds Pájaros en la boca Oneworld SaraStridsberg Sweden Deborah Bragan-Turner The Faculty of Dreams Drömfakulteten...
Ingenting 2017 – Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill 2019 – Dyksommar (with SaraStridsberg) 2019 – Jag och alla (with Ylva Karlsson) 2021 – Glömdagen 2009 – August...
protagonist's hatred of himself and his gender. In 2006, Swedish author SaraStridsberg published a semi-fictional biography of Valerie Solanas, Drömfakulteten...
Strauß (born 1944, Germany) August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden) SaraStridsberg (born 1972, Sweden) Kelly Stuart (living, United States) Preston Sturges...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and works by Katarina Frostenson and SaraStridsberg. The statute of limitations for the killing expired in 2009 and prosecutors...
academy and vacate their chairs were Kerstin Ekman, Klas Östergren, SaraStridsberg and Lotta Lotass. On 4 May 2018, the Swedish Academy announced that...
Academy and vacating their chairs were Kerstin Ekman, Klas Östergren, SaraStridsberg and Lotta Lotass. Holmgren, Mia (2 May 2018). "Kungen: Det är nu Akademiens...
(sister) Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 13) In office 20 December 1982 – 11 January 2016 Preceded by Anders Österling Succeeded by SaraStridsberg...
Jóhann Jónsson (Iceland) Lise Vandborg (Denmark) Rune Christiansen (Norway) Sara Abdollahi (Sweden) Additionally the jury includes deputy members, appointed...
appreciation. Authors who have emerged in the 21st century include SaraStridsberg, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Lena Andersson, John Ajvide Lindqvist and Linda...
Índice médio de felicidade : Svetlana Žuchová, Obrazy zo života M. : SaraStridsberg, Beckomberga: ode till min familj The winners were announced in April...
Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – SaraStridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per...
Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – SaraStridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per...
Gunnar Harding, Marie Lundquist, Niklas Rådström, Madeleine Gustafsson, SaraStridsberg, Johan Svedjedal Original members: Viktor Almquist (chair), Selma Lagerlöf...
winning the same award in 2010, having played Valerie Solanas in SaraStridsberg's Valerie Solanas skal bli president i Amerika. Wiggen's début on the...
2009 she directed Valerie Solanas 7 by SaraStridsberg on «Torshovteatret" in Oslo. The play is based on Stridsberg's award-winning novel Drømme-fakultetet...
Khemiri". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 October 2017. "SaraStridsberg: "Drömfakulteten" är som en gammal passion - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish)...
Jacobsen Magnus Dahlström Ellen Einan 2013 Lars Jakobson Karin Moe SaraStridsberg Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen 2014 Carl-Johan Malmberg Britt Karin Larsen...
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