Lars Andersson
Lars Andersson (* 1954 in Karlskoga ) is a Swedish writer and translator .
Life
Andersson finished medical studies in 1976 and planned to become a psychiatrist. He made his debut at the age of 19 with the novel Brandlyra . Some critics were not expected to have written such a mature work by a youth. The public breakthrough came with the novel Snow Light from 1979. It appeared in several editions and has been translated into many languages. Andersson became a professional writer from 1980. The 1982 common lover cemented his position as one of the most important young Swedish writers. This work is part of a trilogy that also consists of the novels Vattenorgeln (The Water Organ ) and Vägen till Gondwana (The Road to Gondwana). The latter book describes in fictional form the journey of the young Harry Martinson through India. Andersson was interested in Jewish mysticism and the modern history of India. He describes himself as a religious socialist. When critics assigned his works to postmodernism , he countered:
“Ever since the socialist utopia was shrouded in a bad light, we've been calling everything post- anything . It seems like we've written off the future. We are not post- everything. History is a development process. I stubbornly refuse to give up such a view. "
He also published a number of highly regarded collections of essays . Some of his best essays can be found in the book Fylgja . A number of his novels are set in Värmland and deal with the world of the present and the past. They often contain elements from essays, reports or fairy tales.
From 1994 to 1995 Andersson was head of culture at the newspaper Göteborgs-Tidningen , worked for the newspapers Dagens Nyheter , Expressen and Aftonbladet and was editor of the magazine Vår Lösen .
As a translator, he worked on Scandinavian literature and translated, among others, Kjell Madsen , Edvard Hoem and Arne Garborg into Swedish.
Works
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Prizes and awards
- Aftonbladet newspaper literary award 1977
- 1982 Svenska Dagbladet's literary prize for Bikungskupan
- Mårbacka Prize 1984
- Esseltes Literature Prize 1988
- Literature Prize of the Selma Lagerlöf Foundation 1990
- Gun and Olof Engqvist's scholarship in 1990
- Literature Prize from the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper in 1993
- Läkerol's Culture Prize 1994
- Swedish Radio Novel Prize 1994 for Vatten organs
- Samfound De Nio Grand Prix 1996
- Axel Hirsch Prize 1996 (from the Svenska Academies )
- Best book Värmland 1998 for Jag, Herulen
- Värmland's Writer of the Year 2007
- Ivar Lo-Johansson's Personal Award 2009
- Dobloug Prize 2020
Web links
- Literature by and about Lars Andersson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Swedish thriller about Lars Andersson, accessed October 14, 2010
- Swedish National Encyclopedia (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2010
- Albert Bonniers Verlag (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2010
- Heidruns Verlag (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1977: Lars Andersson in Aftonbladet (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2010
- ↑ Värmland Library about Lars Andersson (Swedish) ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Dagens Nyheter, August 9, 1986
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| SURNAME | Andersson, Lars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlskoga |