Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 70 (1989) Winner
Katarina Frostenson
カタリナ・フロステンソン
Katarina Frostenson
Aliases:
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1953-03-05 （Stockholm, Sweden）
- Nationality
- Swedish
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Stockholm (primary residence/work base)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Translator
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy (1992–2019)
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy (Seat No. 18)
- Influenced By
- French literature and contemporary poetry (conceptual influence), Folk songs and oral poetic traditions
- Influenced
- A generation of Swedish women poets from the 1980s onward (e.g. Ann Jäderlund)
- Nominations
- Joner (1991) - August Prize nomination, Tal och regn (2008) - August Prize nomination, Tre vägar (2013) - August Prize nomination
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Legion of Honour (Chevalier) | — | — | French Republic | 受章 |
| 2016 | Nordic Council Literature Prize | Sånger och formler (Songs and Formulae) | — | Nordic Council | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Bellman Prize | Tankarna | — | Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Litteris et Artibus | — | — | Royal Court of Sweden | 叙勲 |
| 1989 | De Nio's Big Prize | — | — | Samfundet De Nio | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Karlfeldt Prize | — | — | Karlfeldt Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Swedish Radio Prize for Lyrical Poetry | — | — | Sveriges Radio | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Erik Lindegren Prize | — | — | Erik Lindegren Prize organization | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Ekelöf Prize | — | — | Ekelöf Prize organization | 受賞 |
Legion of Honour (Chevalier)
2003
Organization:
French Republic
Result:
受章
Nordic Council Literature Prize
2016
Work:
Sånger och formler (Songs and Formulae)
Organization:
Nordic Council
Result:
受賞
Bellman Prize
1994
Work:
Tankarna
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
受賞
Litteris et Artibus
2007
Organization:
Royal Court of Sweden
Result:
叙勲
De Nio's Big Prize
1989
Organization:
Samfundet De Nio
Result:
受賞
Karlfeldt Prize
2016
Organization:
Karlfeldt Foundation
Result:
受賞
Swedish Radio Prize for Lyrical Poetry
1996
Organization:
Sveriges Radio
Result:
受賞
Erik Lindegren Prize
2004
Organization:
Erik Lindegren Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Ekelöf Prize
2007
Organization:
Ekelöf Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Nordic Council Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2016) Winner
Works
Major Works
Joner (Ions)
1991 Poetry collectionPublished in 1991. One of Frostenson's major breakthrough collections, exploring the materiality of language and fragmentation to evoke experience. Inspired in part by the unsolved murder of Catrine da Costa and engaging with Orphic motifs and gendered themes.
materiality of languagefragmentationgendermythic elements
Translations
- Romanian translation: Ioni, tr. Gabriela Melinescu (2003)
- Italian translation: La fonte del suono, tr. Enrico Tiozzo (2011)
Sånger och formler (Songs and Formulae)
2015 Poetry collectionPublished in 2015. A collection that experiments with the sonic and formal properties of language. Awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2016.
sonorityformal experimentationpoetic formulas
Translations
- French translation: Violente la chanson, tr. Marie-Hélène Archambaud (2019)
- English translation: The Space of Time, tr. Bradley Harmon (2024)
- Italian translation: Canti e formule, tr. Enrico Tiozzo (2023)
Flodtid
2011 Poetry collectionA 2011 poetry collection. Contains poems that use rivers and the flow of time as central motifs.
timenatureflow
Translations
- Danish translation: tr. Pia Tafdrup (2013)
I mellan (In-Between)
1978 Poetry collection (debut)Published in 1978 as Frostenson's debut collection, marking the start of her experimental poetic trajectory.
language inquiryfragmentation
Bibliography
- I mellan (1978)
- Rena land (1980)
- Den andra (1982)
- I det gula: tavlor, resor, ras (1985)
- Samtalet (1987)
- Stränderna (1989)
- Joner : tre sviter (1991)
- Tankarna (1994)
- Korallen (1999)
- Karkas : fem linjer (2004)
- Tal och regn (2008)
- Flodtid (2011)
- Sånger och formler (2015)
- Sju grenar (2018)
- A - Andra tankar (2021)
- Various prose, drama and other works (e.g. Berättelser från dom, Staden: en opera)
Adaptations
- Staden: en opera (libretto) - music by Sven-David Sandström
Translations of Works
- Sånger och formler translated into French, English, Italian, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Experimental, sonically-oriented poetic styleBlend of archaic and avant-garde elementsFragmentary expression with limited metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- materiality of language (sound, resonance)fragments and in-between spacesmythic and classical referencestime and flow
Legacy
One of the leading figures in contemporary Swedish poetry, highly regarded for experiments with the sonic and formal properties of language. Her tenure in the Swedish Academy and the 2018 controversies attracted attention, but her poetic work continues to be respected domestically and internationally.
Academic Societies
- Swedish Academy
Archives
In Popular Culture
- Received extensive media attention during the 2018 Swedish Academy controversies
Quotes
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Frostenson's poetry emphasizes the materiality of language, attempting to evoke experience rather than merely describe it.
Source: Scholarly commentary (summary from Wikipedia)
Trivia
- Elected to the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 18) in 1992 and effectively withdrew in 2019.
- Won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2016 for Sånger och formler.
- Decorated as a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour in 2003.