Kjell Johansson (writer)

Kjell Johansson

Kjell Johansson (* 1941 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish writer .

Life

After graduating from Stockholm University , Johansson worked as a Swedish teacher for immigrants and then had a number of random occupations in parallel with writing. Since 1980 he has devoted himself exclusively to writing.

He is known for his books on Russian literature (including Gogols anskten ), but he had the greatest success with the autobiographical series Huset vid Flon , Sjön utan namn and Rummet under golvet .

He received high Swedish literary awards in the 1980s and 1990s. Johansson lives on Södermalm in Stockholm.

Works

• Det finns en krog på vägen till varje revolution 1972
• Lenin's dröm 1974
• Vinna hela världen 1981
• Jullan vill vara med 1982 (with Gunna Grähs)
• Jullan vill ha en docka 1983 (with Gunna Grähs)
• En räddhabenkas advises 1984
• Jullan hittar en peng 1984 (with Gunna Grähs)
• Natten på hundarnas ö 1986
• Ormbunksblomman 1986
• Gogols anskte 1989 (German translation Gogols Welt )
• Boken om Jullan 1992
• Sju huvudens historia 1992
• Följa John 1994
• Huset vid Flon 1997 (German translation. The story maker )
• En rövarhistoria 2000 (German translation. A robber pistol )
• Sjön utan namn 2003 (German translation The Dream Sailor )
• Rummet under golvet 2006

Web links

• Literature by and about Kjell Johansson in the catalog of the German National Library