Ann-Marie Ljungberg

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Ljungberg at a reading in Münster on June 19, 2017

Ann-Marie Frederika Ljungberg (born April 28, 1964 in Haparanda ) is a Swedish author .

Life

Ljungberg grew up in Piteå .

She has published five novels and one essay; she also translates literature from English and Norwegian. She was nominated for the August Prize for the novel Simone de Beauvoirs hjärta ("Simone de Beauvoirs Heart"; 2005) . She lives in Gothenburg and works as a freelance culture journalist and columnist . Since 2013 she has been married to the author and artistic director of the Gothenburg Theater, Björn Sandmark.

Ann-Marie Ljungberg translated three of Linn Ullmann's novels , among others . In 2014 she translated Jenny Nordberg's book The Underground Girls of Kabul - In search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan into Swedish. In her philosophical-political essay I fallinjen. En essä om prekärfeminism ("The fall line. An essay on precarious feminism") (2015) Ljungberg developed a new term, "precarious feminism".

Prizes and awards

2001: Göteborgs Stads författarstipendium ("Author's Grant of the City of Gothenburg")

Works

  • Resan till Kautokeino (”Die Reise nach Kautokeino”) Anamma, 1998
  • Färjenäs Anamma, 2000
  • Simone de Beauvoirs hjärta (”Simone de Beauvoirs Heart”) Alfabeta, 2005
  • Mörker, stanna hos mig Alfabeta, 2009; German: darkness, stay with me! ( Weidle Verlag 2016)
  • Maja och döden (book for young people) (Maja und der Tod) Kabusa Böcker, 2014
  • I fallinjen. En essä om prekärfeminism ("The fall line. An essay on precarious feminism") Bokförlaget Korpen, 2015

Translations (selection)

  • Linn Ullmann : Innan du somnar (Før du sovner) (German title: "Die Lügnerin") Norstedts, 1999
  • Genevieve Hill : Idilia Dubbs dagbok ("The diary of miss Idilia") Pandang, 2002
  • Henrik Einspor : Med döden i hälarna: en medeltidsskröna (Med døden i hælene) ("With death on the heels") Rabén & Sjögren, 2002
  • Jenny Nordberg : De förklädda flickorna i Kabul ("The Undergrund Girls of Kabul - In search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan") Bonniers, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Libris Sweden
personal data
SURNAME Ljungberg, Ann-Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ljungberg, Ann-Marie Frederika (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish author
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Haparanda