Ann-Marie Ljungberg
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
personal data | |
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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 |