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Saskia Vogel
Born
Saskia Maria Desiree Vogel

(1981-09-17) September 17, 1981 (age 43)
Los Angeles, California, US
NationalityAmerican, Swedish
Occupation(s)Author, Translator

Saskia Maria Desiree Vogel (born September 17, 1981) is an American author and translator.[1][2] Permission, her debut novel, was published in English,[3][4] Spanish,[5] Italian,[6] and Swedish [7] in 2019 and has been optioned for television. She has translated leading Swedish authors such as Karolina Ramqvist, Katrine Marcal, Johannes Anyuru and Rut Hillarp. Vogel has written on the themes of gender, power and sexuality, and her translations and writing have appeared in publications such as Granta,[8] Guernica, The White Review, The Offing,[9] Paris Review Daily,[10] and The Quietus.[11] She received an honorable mention from the Pushchart Prize in 2017 for her "Sluts", first published by The Offing.[12] Her translation of Lina Wolff's The Polyglot Lovers (published by And Other Stories, 2019) won the English PEN Translates Award.[13] In 2018, her translation of Karolina Ramqvist's The White City was shortlisted for the Petrona Award.[14]

She has lived in Sweden, the UK and the US and currently resides in Berlin, Germany.

Translated works

  • Girls Lost by Jessica Schiefauer [15]
  • In the Vienna Woods The Trees Remain by Elisabeth Åsbrink [16]
  • Our House Is on Fire by Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman et al (co-translated with Paul Norlen) [17]
  • They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears by Johannes Anyuru [18]
  • Many People Die Like You by Lina Wolff [19]
  • The Polyglot Lovers by Lina Wolff [20]
  • The White City by Karolina Ramqvist [21]
  • Acts of Infidelity by Lena Andersson [22]
  • Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? by Katrine Marcal [23]
  • All Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea by Magnus Bärtås and Fredrik Ekman [24]
  • The Anatomy of Inequality by Per Molander[25]

References

  1. ^ Akbar, Arifa (March 17, 2019). "Permission by Saskia Vogel – quietly subversive debut". www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ Gilmartin, Sarah. "Permission review: Compelling take on sex and power in LA". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ https://chbooks.com/Books/P/Permission
  4. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/17/permission-saskia-vogel-review
  5. ^ http://www.alphadecay.org/libro/soy-una-pornografa/
  6. ^ https://www.safaraeditore.com/catalogo/sample-product/consenso-saskia-vogel/
  7. ^ https://www.svd.se/befriande-rakt-om-erotik-som-trost
  8. ^ https://granta.com/a-woman-screaming
  9. ^ https://theoffingmag.com/fiction/sluts/
  10. ^ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/03/15/the-swedish-gangsters-wifes-bag/
  11. ^ https://thequietus.com/articles/17969-viva-erotica-festival-review
  12. ^ https://theoffingmag.com/fiction/sluts/
  13. ^ https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pen-translates-recognises-books-14-languages-671211
  14. ^ http://www.petronaaward.co.uk/2018/04/the-petrona-award-2018-shortlist.html
  15. ^ https://deepvellum.org/product/girls-lost/
  16. ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elisabeth-asbrink/and-in-the-vienna-woods-the-trees-remain/
  17. ^ https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-greta-thunberg-transformed-existential-dread-into-a-movement
  18. ^ https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/they-will-drown-in-their-mothers-tears/
  19. ^ https://www.andotherstories.org/many-people-die-like-you/
  20. ^ https://www.andotherstories.org/the-polyglot-lovers/
  21. ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8021-2595-8
  22. ^ https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/mixed-feelings/
  23. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/books/review/who-cooked-adam-smiths-dinner-by-katrine-marcal.html
  24. ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-77089-880-6
  25. ^ Molander, Per (2016). The anatomy of inequality : its social and economic origins--and solutions. Brooklyn. ISBN 978-1-61219-569-8. OCLC 950750915.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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