Fredrik Sjöberg

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Fredrik Sjöberg (2005)

Fredrik Sjöberg ['fre: drik' ɧø: bærj] (born August 31, 1958 in Västervik ) is a Swedish translator, freelance journalist and writer. Among other things, he works as a literary critic for Svenska Dagbladet . Sjöberg lives with his wife and three children in Runmarö , near Stockholm .

Fredrik Sjöberg studied biology and geology . He has worked on several anthologies and has translated many books from Norwegian , English and French . The fly trap , which appeared in Sweden in 2004, was nominated for the Swedish August Prize .

Works (selection)

  • På maktens tröskel . Carlssons Bokförlag, 1988
  • Miljö till varje pris , together with Mikael Edelstam. LT: s Förlag, 1988
  • Verkligheten on hotlistan . Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 1993
  • Vi och cathedral . Bokförlaget Atlantis, 1997
  • Artrikedomar . Bokförlaget Atlantis, 1998
  • Gener, pengar och pirater . Utbildningsradion, 1998
  • Vad ska vi med naturen till? . Nya Doxa, 2001
  • Tranströmerska insect seedlings från Runmarö . ellerströms förlag, 2001
    • Tomas Tranströmer's insect collection from Runmarö island . Together with Tomas Tranströmer and illustrations by Peter Frie. German translation by Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke. Kleinheinrich Verlag, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-930754-69-4
  • Naturens nollåttor , Naturskyddsföreningen, 2002
  • Flight event . Nya Doxa, 2004
    • The fly trap - About the happiness of immersing yourself in strange passions, the soul of the collector, flies and living with nature . Translated from the Swedish by Paul Berf . Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-5816-6
  • Flyktkonsten . Nya Doxa, 2006
    • The Art of Escaping: The Benefit of Failure and the Pleasure of Digression . Translated from the Swedish by Paul Berf . Galiani Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86971-056-3
  • The fires kronofogden som fann Lyckan , Nya Doxa, 2008
  • Soot deposits . Nya Doxa, 2009.
    • The Raisin King. About the unconditional devotion to strange passions . Translated from the Swedish by Paul Berf . Galiani Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86971-033-4 .
  • Varför håller man på? Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2012
  • Ge upp i dag - i morgon kan det vara för sent . Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2013
    • About quitting: about the fleetingness of fame and dealing with failure . Translation Paul Berf. Cologne: Galiani, 2018 (about the painters Lotte Laserstein and Olof Ågren )

Awards

  • De Nios Vinterpris (2005)
  • Änglamarkspriset (2006)
  • En bok för allas litterära humorpris (2006)
  • Alf Henrikson Scholarship (2007)
  • Ig Nobel Prize (2016)

literature

  • Katharina Rudolph: Better to fail is almost a success , review, in: FAZ, August 18, 2018, p. 10

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Sjöberg, Fredrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish translator, freelance journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Vastervik