Mons Kallentoft
Mons Erik Ingemar Kallentoft (born April 15, 1968 in Linköping ) is a Swedish writer and journalist .
Life
Kallentoft grew up very poorly read and enthusiastic about sports in a working class family in the village of Ljungsbro in Linköping municipality . At the age of fourteen he was bedridden due to a sports injury, read books by George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway, and became interested in literature. After working in the advertising industry and journalistic activities, his writing career began. He moved to Madrid for a few years and made his debut in 2000 with the thriller Pesetas , which won the catapult prize in 2001 . The following novels, Marbella Club and Fräsch, frisk och spontan, also received positive reviews. The travel reports and essays on food culture such as food noir received a lot of attention . Kallentoft's greatest success to date began with the writing of detective novels . The first book and bestseller of the later Malin Fors series Mittwinterblut was sold more than 300,000 times in Sweden alone, translated into 25 languages and appeared in 29 countries.
Kallentoft lives in Stockholm , is married and has two children.
Works
Novels
- 2000 pesetas
- 2002 Marbella Club
- 2005 Fräsch, frisk och spontaneously
the Hercules series
- 2014 Zack (together with Markus Lutteman )
- The track of the wolf , German by Christel Hildebrandt , Tropen-Verlag, Stuttgart 2017. ISBN 978-3-608-50371-5
- 2015 Leon (together with Markus Lutteman)
- In the Fangs of the Lion , German by Christel Hildebrandt, Tropen-Verlag, Stuttgart 2018. ISBN 978-3-608-50372-2
- 2016 Bambi (together with Markus Lutteman)
- The blood of the deer , German by Ulrike Brauns, Tropen-Verlag, Stuttgart 2018. ISBN 978-3-608-50364-7
- 2017 Heroine (together with Markus Lutteman)
- The cry of the angel , German by Ulrike Brauns, Tropen-Verlag, Stuttgart 2019. ISBN 978-3-608-50417-0
- 2018 Falco (together with Anna Karolina )
- In den Klauen des Falken , German by Ulrike Brauns, Tropen-Verlag, Stuttgart 2019. ISBN 978-3-608-50426-2
the Malin Fors series
- 2007 Midvinterblod
- Mittwinterblut , German by Dagmar Lendt; Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-8052-0844-4
- 2008 summer soils
- Blood should be your mark , German by Christel Hildebrandt, Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009. ISBN 978-3-8052-0875-8
- 2009 Höstoffer
- Blutrecht , German by Christel Hildebrandt, Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-8052-5009-2
- 2010 Vårlik
- Spring death , German by Christel Hildebrandt, Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2014. ISBN 978-3-499-25828-2
- 2011 The femte årstiden
- 2012 Vattenänglar
- 2013 Vindsjälar
- 2014 Jordstorm
- 2015 Eldjägarna
- 2016 Djävulsdoften
- 2017 Bödelskyssen
- 2018 Heavenly Kriket
Others
- 2004 Food noir: mat, mord och myter
- 2013 Food Junkie: livet, maten, döden
Prizes and awards
- Catapult Prize for Pesetas (2001)
- Gourmand World Cookbook Award (2005)
- Hagdahl Prize (2008)
- Premio Espana (2009)
- Pocket price for blood should be your symbol and blood law (2010)
Web links
- Literature by and about Mons Kallentoft in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mons Kallentoft's homepage. Retrieved October 7, 2017 (Swedish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kallentoft's homepage, Fakta / Facts. Retrieved October 7, 2017 (Swedish).
- ↑ Debutant fick pris för thriller. Dagens Nyheter , April 6, 2001, accessed October 7, 2017 (Swedish).
- ↑ VJ Books Presents Author Mons Kallentoft! Retrieved October 7, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kallentoft, Mons |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kallentoft, Mons Erik Ingemar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linkoping |