Sara Stridsberg

Sara Stridsberg
Sara Stridsberg
	Stridsberg in 2018
Born	Sara Brita Stridsberg; 29 August 1972 (age 52); Solna, Sweden
Period	1999–
Notable works	Drömfakulteten; Darling River; Beckomberga. Ode till min familj.
Notable awards	Nordic Council Literature Prize (2007); European Union Prize for Literature (2015)
Member of the Swedish Academy; (Seat No. 13)
	In office; 20 December 2016 – 7 May 2018
Preceded by	Gunnel Vallquist
Succeeded by	Anne Swärd

Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, Happy Sally, was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel.

Her big international breakthrough came with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams/Valerie in 2006. The novel received the Nordic Council Award in 2007, and was nominated to the Man Booker award when published 2019 in the UK and US. Her novels are today translated into 25 languages.

In 2007, she was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for her novel Drömfakulteten (Valerie, or The Faculty of Dreams),^[1] which is her second novel and a fictitious story about Valerie Solanas, who wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which Stridsberg has translated into Swedish. The English translation by Deborah Bragan-Turner was longlisted for the 2019 International Booker Prize.^[2]

Svenska Dagbladet called Stridsberg "one of our foremost nature poets" and considered her among the best in contemporary Swedish literature while noting that Stridsberg's novels are always discomforting to read.^[3]

In 2016, Stridsberg was elected to the 13th chair on the Swedish Academy previously occupied by Gunnel Vallquist.^[4] She was inducted into the Academy on 20 December 2016.^[5] On 27 April 2018 she left the Academy, in solidarity with Sara Danius.^[6]

Awards

2004 The Sveriges Essäfond Prize
2006 Aftonbladet's Literature Prize
2007 Nordic Council Literature Prize^[7]
2013 Dobloug Prize
2010 Visiting professor Free University of Berlin
2015 European Union Prize for Literature (Sweden) for Beckomberga: Ode till min familj (The Gravity of Love)^[8]

Translated works in English

Valerie, or The Faculty of Dreams: A Novel (2019)
The Antarctica of Love (2021)

Bibliography in Swedish

Juristutbildningen ur ett genusperspektiv (non-fiction, 1999)
Det är bara vi som är ute och åker (non-fiction, 2002)
Happy Sally (novel, 2004)
Drömfakulteten (novel, 2006)
Darling River (novel, 2010)
Mamman och havet (children's book, 2012)
Beckomberga: Ode till min familj (novel, 2014)
Kärlekens Antarktis (novel, 2018)
Dyksommar (children's book, 2019)

Plays

2006 – Valerie Jean Solanas ska bli president i Amerika
2009 – Medealand
2012 – Dissekering av ett snöfall
2015 – Beckomberga
2015 – Konsten att falla
2016 – American Hotel

References

^ "Sara Stridsberg ger sig hän åt vansinnesrytmen" [Sara Stridsberg surrenders to the rhythm of insanity]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
^ "Man Booker International 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ "En mästare på stämningar" [A master of moods]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 September 2014.
^ "Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" [New member of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish). 13 May 2016.
^ "Chair no. 13 - Sara Stridsberg". The Swedish Academy. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Sara Stridsberg lämnar Svenska Akadamien". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ "Sara Stridsberg får Nordiska rådets litteraturpris". Svenska Dagbladet. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "European Union Prize for Literature 2015 winners announced at London Book Fair". European Commission. April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Gunnel Vallquist	Swedish Academy, Seat No.13 2016–2018	Succeeded by Anne Swärd

[1] "Sara Stridsberg ger sig hän åt vansinnesrytmen" [Sara Stridsberg surrenders to the rhythm of insanity]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.

[2] "Man Booker International 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[3] "En mästare på stämningar" [A master of moods]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 September 2014.

[4] "Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" [New member of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish). 13 May 2016.

[5] "Chair no. 13 - Sara Stridsberg". The Swedish Academy. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[6] "Sara Stridsberg lämnar Svenska Akadamien". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[svdnordiska-7] "Sara Stridsberg får Nordiska rådets litteraturpris". Svenska Dagbladet. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[8] "European Union Prize for Literature 2015 winners announced at London Book Fair". European Commission. April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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v t e Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse 2016: Songs and Formulae – Katarina Frostenson 2017: Memories of Love – Kirsten Thorup 2018: Hotel Silence – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2019: Efter Solen – Jonas Eika
2020s	2020: Who killed Bambi? – Monika Fagerholm 2021: Flower Valley – Niviaq Korneliussen 2022: Om udregning af rumfang – Solvej Balle 2023: Ihågkom oss till liv – Joanna Rubin Dranger
List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

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