Kristoffer Leandoer

Kristoffer Leandoer (2013)

Sten Wilfred Kristoffer Leandoer (born May 6, 1962 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish writer , translator and literary critic .

Life

Kristoffer Leandoer grew up about 50 km northwest of Stockholm in Sigtuna and studied art history and comparative literature at Stockholm University . He began his professional career as a freelance literary and theater critic for the literary magazine Allt om böcker , Stockholms-Tidningen and Dagens Nyheter . From 1988 to 1990 he was employed in the culture department of the Aftonbladet . Together with his wife Åsa Crona-Leandoer he founded the magazine För kännedom in 1990 and was editor of the newly started Bonnier Litterära Magasin from 2002 to 2004 .

Kristoffer Leandoer published his first volume of poetry Dykarklocka in 1987, which was followed by more and more fantastic volumes. He was able to gain greater attention in 1994 with his collection of horror stories Svarta speglar: skräckberättelser . However, he is best known as someone who introduced French literature to Sweden and who works as a translator for French-writing authors such as Bernard Noël , Christophe Tarkos , Gérard de Nerval , Marcel Schwob , Édouard Levé and Emmanuel Carrère . He has also translated Anglo-Saxon and American authors of fantasy literature such as Neil Gaiman , Christopher Paolini and Lauren Oliver into Swedish. In books such as Huset som Proust byggde or Mask , Leandoer dedicated himself to the subject of literary essays.

In 2004 Leandoer founded the Swedish science fiction and fantasy publisher Onsdag . From 2005 to 2008 he was employed by Albert Bonnier as a consultant for the publishing house.

In November 2018 he was appointed to the Nobel Committee for the Nobel Prize for Literature , from which he left on December 2, 2019.

Leandoer is married to the Swedish development worker and Russia expert Elsa Håstad and has two children, Jonatan (* 1996) and Miriam (* 2000). Jonatan works as a rapper and producer under the pseudonym Yung Lean .

Awards

• Zibetska price (2007)
• De Nios Vinterpris (2008)
• Jacques Outin-priset (2013)
• Lotten von Kræmers pris (2016)
• Sorescupriset (2016)
• Karin Gierow's prize (2017)

Works

• Dykarklocka . Legenda, Stockholm 1987, ISBN 978-91-582-1097-4 .
• Glaskropp: dictated . Norstedt, Stockholm 1990, ISBN 978-91-1901791-8 .
• Stjärngräs: dictated . Norstedt, Stockholm 1991, ISBN 978-91-1912011-3 .
• Svarta Speglar: skräckberättelser . Norstedt, Stockholm 1994, ISBN 978-91-1942111-1 .
• Flipperspelaren: roman . Norstedt, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 978-91-1951262-8 .
• Stockholmssjukan: dictated . Norstedt, Stockholm 1997, ISBN 978-91-1972061-0 .
• Änglar i hoist . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 1998, ISBN 978-91-638-3556-8 . in German: Land of Angels: Roman . Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2000, ISBN 978-3-407-78443-8 .
• Jag. You. Vi .: en bok om Proust . Ellerströms, Lund 1998, ISBN 978-91-86489-92-2 .
• Fjädrar på vinden . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 1999, ISBN 978-91-638-3591-9 .
• Två apelsiner: en dikt i tre avdelningar . Pequod Press, Malmö 1999, ISBN 978-91-973132-8-5 .
• Strandridare och 13 andra skräcknoveller . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2000, ISBN 978-91-638-3760-9 .
• Hundarna i stenen . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2001, ISBN 978-91-638-8415-3 .
• Tornseglarna . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2002, ISBN 978-91-638-8418-4 .
• Kyrkogård för dikter 1999–2002 . Pequod Press, Malmö 2002, ISBN 978-91-973801-2-6 .
• Julrysare . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2004, ISBN 978-91-638-8417-7 .
• Skymningsfursten: en roman om det främmande . Onsdag, Stockholm 2005, ISBN 978-91-975433-4-7 .
• Huset som Proust byggde: 200 års fransk modernism . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2007, ISBN 978-91-0-010898-4 .
• Här står jag och väntar på att falla: hemlösa dicter . ETC, Stockholm 2008, ISBN 978-91-85949-03-8 .
• Mask: literatures som gömställe . Pequod Press, Malmö 2010, ISBN 978-91-86617-01-1 .
• Övningsuppgifter . Pequod Press, Malmö 2012, ISBN 978-91-86617-13-4 .
• Namnsdagsflickan . Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm 2012, ISBN 978-91-638-6915-0 .
• September . Nature & Culture, Stockholm 2013, ISBN 978-91-27-13374-7 .
• Slut, symbolisterna vid tidens ände . Pequod Press, Malmö 2014, ISBN 978-91-86617-27-1 .
• De försvunna böckernas bibliotek . Nature & Culture, Stockholm 2016, ISBN 978-91-27-14850-5 .
• Vägen till det stora kanske . Pequod Press, Malmö 2016, ISBN 978-91-86617-37-0 .
• Barn. Paradiset och flykten denifrån . Pequod Press, Malmö 2018, ISBN 978-91-86617-45-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pressmeddelande från Svenska akademien Press release from the Swedish Academy, accessed on November 20, 2018 (Swedish)
2. ↑ Författaren Kristoffer Leandoer hoppar av Nobelkommittén SVT, December 2, 2019, accessed on December 2, 2019 (Swedish).
3. ↑ https://www.ratsit.se/20000924-Miriam_Lea_Leandoer_Hastad_Stockholm/E_clYqXNpaZ21WrySbE0ch0-kImjoH6kj49Gw_SOelI