Klas Östergren

Klas Östergren (2014)

Klas Östergren (born February 20, 1955 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is a Swedish author, screenwriter and translator. From December 20, 2014 to May 7, 2018, he occupied chair number 11 at the Swedish Academy .

Life

Östergren was 20 years old when his first novel, Attila, was published in 1975. He has received awards for his scripts, is the author of nearly twenty novels and a translator for English-language literature. From 1982 to 1989 he was married to the Swedish actress Pernilla August . The couple have a daughter.

Publications (selection)

Attilla. 1975
Fantomerna. 1977
Gentlemen. 1980
- Übers. Jörg Scherzer: Gentlemen . Pendo, Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-86612-127-0
Gigantemas brunn . 1981
Slangbella . A. Skelin & Hägglund, Stockholm 1983 ISBN 91-7684-027-1
Plåster. 1986
- Band Aid. Novel. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1988 ISBN 3-518-02297-0
Ankare. 1988.
- Anchor. Novel . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1990 ISBN 3-518-40236-6
Merchant and partisan . Bonniers, Stockholm 1991 ISBN 91-0-055225-9 .
- Merchants and partisans . Novel. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994 ISBN 3-7017-0819-3
Under i September . 1994
- German: miracle in September . Residence, Salzburg 1996 ISBN 3-7017-1006-6
Veranda för en tenor . Novel. 1996
Med stövlarna på also andra berättelser. 1997
Portrait Short novel. Albert Bonniers, Stockholm 2001
Tre portraits . Bonniers, Stockholm 2002 ISBN 91-0-058049-6
- Übers. Regine Elsässer : Moved into the light . Three short stories. No & But, Zurich 2015 ISBN 978-3-0369-5721-0
Gangsters. 2005
- Übers. Regine Elsässer: Gangster . Pendo, Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-86612-128-7
Hurricane party. 2007
The sista cigarettes. 2009
- Übers. Regine Elsässer: Portrait of a dandy . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2011 ISBN 978-3-0369-5566-7
Ravioli. 2014
Twist. Novel. Nature & Culture, 2014 ISBN 978-91-27-14011-0

Scripts (selection)

1996: Jerusalem , based on a novel by Selma Lagerlöf
1999: Veranda för en tenor , based on his novel Med stövlarna på och andra berättelser
1999: Miniseries Offer och gärningsmän for the Swedish state television SVT

Translations (selection)

from English: JD Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
in the English language: Henrik Ibsen , plays and dramas

Awards

1999: Guldbagge / Best Screenplay for Veranda för en tenor
2005: Samfundet De Nio Grand Prix

Web links

Short biography and reviews of works by Klas Östergren at perlentaucher.de
Literature by and about Klas Östergren in the catalog of the German National Library
Klas Östergren in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Klas Östergren becomes the new Nobel Literature Prize juror . Focus, accessed February 28, 2014 .
^ Culture mirror. 4/2011.
^ A paradigm shift in silk. FAZ June 14, 2011, p. 32

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b ^c trilogy. Also published as an anthology in Sweden

personal data
SURNAME	Östergren, Klas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm

[1] Klas Östergren becomes the new Nobel Literature Prize juror . Focus, accessed February 28, 2014 .

[3] Culture mirror. 4/2011.

[4] A paradigm shift in silk. FAZ June 14, 2011, p. 32

[SB-2] trilogy. Also published as an anthology in Sweden