Monika Fagerholm
Monika Kristina Fagerholm (* 1961 in Helsingfors ) is a Finnish-Swedish author who lives in Finland and writes in Swedish . She lives in Ekenäs , Finland, studied psychology and literature at the University of Helsinki and graduated in 1987 with a degree in social sciences .
Her first book Sham was published that year. Her literary breakthrough came in 1994 with the novel Underbara kvinnor vid vatten , which was nominated for Finland's most important literary prize in 1994, the Finlandia Prize . In 1995 she was nominated for the August Prize in Sweden, the Prix Aristeion in 1996 and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1998. In 1994 she received the Runeberg Prize . In 1998 Claes Olsson's film about the book premiered.
In 2005 Fagerholm received the August Prize for Den amerikanska flickan (German: The American girl).
Works
- Sham 1987 (short stories)
- Patricia 1990 (short stories)
- Underbara kvinnor vid vatten 1994, German: Wonderful women on the water
- Diva 1998
- Den amerikanska flickan 2005, German: The American girl, Munich 2008
- Glitterscenen 2009 (independent sequel to "The American Girl")
- Lola uppochner 2012
- Vem dödade bambi? 2019
Prices
- Runeberg Prize 1995, in Finland
- Thank you-for-the-book medal 1995 for Underbara kvinnor vid vatten
- August 2005 Prize
- Aniara Prize 2005
- Göteborgs-Postens litteraturpris , (literary prize of the daily newspaper Göteborgs Posten ) 2005
- Nordic Prize of the Swedish Academy 2016
Web links
- Literature by and about Monika Fagerholm in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography, Swedish thriller
- ´Monika Fagerholm at Albert Bonniers Förlag (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fagerholm at Salomonsson (English)
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Publisher description (Swedish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fagerholm, Monika |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fagerholm, Monika Kristina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish-Swedish author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsingfors |