Karin Alvtegen
Karin Anna Alvtegen (born June 8, 1965 in Huskvarna , Småland ) is a Swedish writer and screenwriter.
Live and act
She is a great niece of the Swedish children's book author Astrid Lindgren . She has been working in the film industry since 1985, most recently as a screenwriter. After Peter Høeg and Henning Mankell , she received the most important Swedish crime prize, Glasnyckeln, for her detective novel The Fleet . In 2008 she won the Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Prize for her novel Schatten , published the previous year . Her books have been published in over 30 countries so far.
Alvtegen now lives in Stockholm .
Works
- Fault. Detective novel ("Skuld", 1999). Dumont, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-8321-6105-7 .
- The fugitive ("Saknad", 2000). Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-26469-2 .
- The affair ("Svek", 2004). Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 978-3-499-24313-4 .
- Shame ("Skam", 2005). Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-24196-3 .
- Shadow (“Skugga”, 2007). Dumont, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-8321-8045-4 .
- A second chance (“En sannolik historia”, 2010). btb, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-75337-6
- "Fjärilseffekten", 2013
- "Nyckeln till Hinsides", 2016
Web links
Commons : Karin Alvtegen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Karin Alvtegen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karin Alvtegen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Karin Alvtegen on www.krimi-couch.de
- Official website
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Alvtegen, Karin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alvtegen, Karin Anna (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Huskvarna , Sweden |