Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman | |
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| Born | 2 June 1981 Brännkyrka in Söderort, Sweden |
| Occupation | Columnist, Blogger, and Novelist |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Period | 2012–present |
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| Spouse | Neda Shafti Backman |
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Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish columnist, blogger and writer. He is the author of A Man Called Ove (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), and Anxious People (2020). The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. Backman's books have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages.[1]
Biography
Backman grew up in Helsingborg, Scania, Sweden. He has been writing for the Swedish newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad and for the Swedish men's magazine, Moore Magazine. Backman debuted as a novelist in 2012 with A Man Called Ove. The novel was adapted as a film with the same title and it premiered on December 25, 2015.[2] The rights to his book Beartown have been bought by a Swedish production company, Filmlance, and are set to be adapted for television.[3]
Personal life
Backman is married to Neda Shafti Backman, and they have two children.[4][5]
Bibliography
- En man som heter Ove (2012; English translation A Man Called Ove, 2013)[6][7]
- Saker min son behöver veta om världen (2012; English translation Things My Son Needs to Know About the World, 2019)[8]
- Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt (2013; English translation My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, 2015)[9]
- Britt-Marie var här (2014; English translation Britt-Marie Was Here, released in May 2016)[10]
- And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella (November 2016)[11]
- Beartown (also titled The Scandal[12] in United Kingdom: April 2017)[13]
- The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella (October 2017)[14]
- Us Against You (sequel to Beartown: June 2018)[15]
- Folk med ångest (2019; English Translation Anxious People, September 2020)[16]
References
- ^ "Fredrik Backman's Biography". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "A Man Called Ove (2015)". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Fredrik Backman's Beartown to be adapted for TV". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Fredrik Backman" (in Swedish). ajour.se. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Backman, Fredrik (2016). Britt-Marie Was Here. Trivia-On-Books.
- ^ "A Man Called Ove". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Fredrik Backman's Biography". Litlovers. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Things my son needs to know about the world. worldcat.org. OCLC 1061304451. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Britt-Marie Was Here". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "The Scandal". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Beartown". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Us Against You (sequel to Beartown)". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Anxious People". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
