Marie Hermanson

Marie Hermanson, 2007

Marie Hermanson (* 1956 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish writer and journalist.

Life

Marie Hermanson grew up in Sävedalen near Gothenburg. She attended the journalism college in Gothenburg and studied literature and sociology at the University of Gothenburg . Alongside her studies, she worked as a nurse in a psychiatric clinic.

After her studies, she worked as a journalist for various daily newspapers.

In 1986 she released her debut Det finns ett hål i verkligheten ("There is a hole in reality"), a volume with stories inspired by Scandinavian fairy tales and myths. Her novel The Butterfly Woman was nominated for the prestigious August Prize ( August Prize ) in Sweden in 1995 . With mussel beach she also achieved her breakthrough internationally. In German also appeared The Blank Slate (2004), stays clean (2005), The Man under the stairs (2007) and mushrooms for Madeleine (2009), all novels in which they own words, "the daily horror in our peculiar time “Thematized.

In 2011 her psychological thriller Himmelstal was released .

Works

• Det finns ett hål i verkligheten . Stories. Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1986.
• Snovit . Novel. Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1990.
• Tvillingsystrarna . Novel. Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1993.
• Värddjuret . Novel. Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1995.
  • German: The butterfly woman . From the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main, 2002, ISBN 978-3-518-45555-5 .
• Mussel beaches . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 1998.
  • German: Muschelstrand . From the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 978-3-518-39890-6 .
• Ett oskrivet blad . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2001.
  • German: The blank sheet . From the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-518-45626-2 .
• Hembiträdet . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2004.
  • German: clean conditions . From the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-518-45957-7 .
• Men under trappans . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2005.
  • English: The man under the stairs . From the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main, 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-46064-1 .
• Svampkungens son . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2007.
  • English: Mushrooms for Madeleine . From Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-46075-7 .
• The English dollhouse . Stories. Translated from Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Suhrkamp Verlag , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-518-46270-6
• Himmelsdalen . Novel. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2011.
  • German: Himmelstal Translated from the Swedish by Regine Elsässer , Insel Verlag , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-458-17530-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Marie Hermanson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Marie Hermanson at perlentaucher.de
• Homepage of Marie Hermanson
• Marie Hermanson's author page at Suhrkamp Verlag
• Special page for the novel Himmelstal
• Interview (PDF; 212 kB) with Marie Hermanson and her translator Regine Elsässer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://mariehermanson.se/deutsch/biografie/
2. ↑ http://www.suhrkamp.de/autoren/marie_hermanson_1922.html