Steve Sem-Sandberg
Steve Sem-Sandberg (born August 16, 1958 in Oslo ) is a Swedish writer, critic and translator.
He wrote his first novel Sländornas värld at the age of eighteen and wrote a number of novels after that in the 1970s. Sem-Sandberg also translated works by other writers during this time. He worked as editor for the debate page in the culture section of the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet .
In 2003 Sem-Sandberg published a novel under the title Ravensbrück about Milena Jesenská , the occasional friend of Franz Kafka . In 2009 the writer received the August Prize for his novel De fattiga i Łódż ( The Sorrows of Lódź ) . Steve Sem-Sandberg lives in Stockholm and Vienna.
bibliography
- Sländornas värld , novel (1976)
- Sökare i dödsskuggan , novel (1976)
- Menageriet , Roman (1977)
- Carina: en kärleksroman , Roman (1978)
- Glasets färger , novel (1979)
- De ansiktslösa , novel (1987)
- I en annan del av staden , Essays (1990)
- Spegeln den kluvna , report (1991)
- En lektion i pardans , Roman (1993)
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Theres , Roman (1996)
- Translation Gisela Kosubek: Theres . Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93959-0 .
- Allt förgängligt är bara en Bild , Roman (1999)
- Prague (no exit), essays (2002)
- Ravensbrück , novel. Bender, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-0-010019-6 (Swedish).
- Stjärnfall , essays with Lars Jakobson and Ola Larsmo (2003)
- Härifrån till Allmänningen , Roman (2005)
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De fattiga i Łódź , novel (2009)
- Translation Gisela Kosubek: The misery of Łódź . Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-93897-5 .
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De utvalda , Roman (2014) - awarded the Prix Médicis étranger 2016 -
- Translation Gisela Kosubek: The elect. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-93987-3 .
- Stormen , Roman (2016)
swell
- Is it you who decide who should die? In: FAZ of September 17, 2011, page 33
Web links
- Literature by and about Steve Sem-Sandberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- In your chest the grass is already up to the sky . Swedish writer Steve Sem-Sandberg. Feature by Alfred Koch, Ö1 (accessed October 24, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Spörl: What are you doing with your people? In: Der Spiegel, No. 4/2012 of January 23, 2012, p. 111.
- ↑ 662 sidor från gettot i Łódź , Marika Hemmel, Dagens Nyheter
- ^ Steve Sem-Sandberg Alber Bonniers Förlag
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sem-Sandberg, Steve |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer, critic and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |