Åsa Linderborg

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Åsa Linderborg (2014)

Åsa Linderborg (born May 20, 1968 in Västerås ) is a Swedish writer, journalist, historian and since 2009 head of the cultural department of the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet .

Life

Åsa Linderborg grew up in Västerås. She was politically active from an early age and active in today's Vänsterpartiet . She received her PhD in History from Uppsala University in 2001 .

In 2007 she published the autobiographical novel Mig äger ingen (I don't belong to anyone), about her childhood with an alcoholic father. The novel was a great success. The 2013 film of the same name is loosely based on the novel.

Linderborg has been the head of the cultural department of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet since 2009 .

As the head of culture, Linderborg was involved in publishing allegations against Benny Fredriksson in December 2017 that a later investigation found to be false. Linderborg had to admit that they made a false accusation against Fredriksson. Fredriksson had recently committed suicide. The case sparked widespread debate about journalistic due diligence and the role of Linderborg.

Fonts

Original editions

  • Socialdemokraterna skriver historia: historieskrivning som ideologisk maktresurs 1892–2000 , Stockholm: Atlas, 2001, ISBN 91-89044-78-9 .
  • Forms av Sveriges historia: fyrtio sätt att se på 1900-talet / Marika Hedin, Åsa Linderborg, Torbjörn Nilsson, Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 2005, ISBN 91-46-21155-1 .
  • Det är rätt att göra motstånd: kriget och terrorn från Bush till Bodström / Åsa Linderborg & Erik Wijk; with a foreword by Jan Guillou , Stockholm: Karneval, 2006, ISBN 91-976031-5-5 .
  • Mig ager ingen , Stockholm: Atlas, 2007, ISBN 978-91-7389-226-1 .

German editions

Prizes and awards

  • 2007 - ABF: s literaturpris
  • 2007 - BMF badges
  • 2007 - Lundequistska bokhandelns literaturpris for migrants
  • 2007 - Expressens Björn Nilsson-pris för god cultural journalism
  • 2008 - Ivar Lo-Johanssons personliga pris
  • 2008 - Neshornet , culture award of the daily newspaper Klasskampen
  • 2009 - Hedenvind badges

Web links

Commons : Åsa Linderborg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Socialdemokraterna skriver historia: Historieskrivning som ideologisk maktresurs 1892-2000. Avhandlingar.se, accessed February 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Adam Svanell (November 3, 2013): Flickan, pappan och arbetarstaden. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kulturredaktør i Aftonbladet, Åsa Linderborg, holdt foredrag på Frilanskonferansen. Critic Laget, accessed January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Christine Lemke-Matwey : The case of Fredriksson. Chronology of a failure . In: Die Zeit from July 26, 2018, pp. 36–37.
  5. ↑ Matthias Hannemann: Not a day when she doesn't think of him. Is the press complicit in the death of Swedish theater director Benny Fredriksson? A visit to Åsa Linderborg . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of June 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ Åsa Linderborg - I don't belong to anyone. Perlentaucher.de, accessed on February 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Ivar Lo-Johansson person league pris . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Hedenvind plaques ( memento of November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Strömsunds kommun, accessed on February 10, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Linderborg, Åsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer, journalist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Västerås