Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 86 (2005) Winner
Klas Östergren
クラース・ウステルグレン
Kurasu Östergren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-02-20 （Lilla Essingen, Stockholm）
- Nationality
- スウェーデン
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Stockholm
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, translator
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy (2014-2018)
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy
- Nominations
- Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay (1999)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Södra Latins gymnasium | — | — | — | — | Sweden |
Södra Latins gymnasium
Country:
Sweden
secondary school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Dobloug Prize | — | — | Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Grand Prize of Samfundet De Nio | — | — | Samfundet De Nio | 受賞 |
Dobloug Prize
1998
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
受賞
Grand Prize of Samfundet De Nio
2005
Organization:
Samfundet De Nio
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gentlemen
1980 LiteraryBreakthrough novel about eccentric brothers.
brothersshadow worldunderside of society
Adaptations
- [Film] Gentlemen / Mikael Marcimain (2014)
Translations
- English by Tiina Nunnally (2007)
Bibliography
- Attila (1975)
- Ismael (1977)
- Fantomerna (1978)
- Gentlemen (1980)
- Giganternas brunn (1981)
- Slangbella (1983)
- Fattiga riddare och stora svenskar (1983)
- Plåster (1986)
- Hoppets triumf (1986)
- Ankare (1988)
- Ge mig lite sodavatten. En opera buffa (1988)
- Handelsmän och partisaner (1991)
- Under i september (1994)
- Med stövlarna på och andra berättelser (1997)
- Konterfej (2001)
- Tre porträtt (2002)
- Östergren om Östergren (2007)
- Gangsters (2005)
- Orkanpartyt / The Hurricane Party (2007)
- Den sista cigaretten (2009)
- Ravioli (2013)
- Ulf Linde. Svenska Akademiens Inträdestal (2014)
- Twist (2014)
- Samlade noveller (2015)
- I en skog av sumak (2017)
- Hilde (2019)
- Renegater (2020)
- Två pistoler (2021)
- Julrevy i Jonseryd och andra berättelser (2021)
- Större trygghet aldrig fanns (2022)
- Klenoden (2025)
Translations by Author
- Swedish translation of The Catcher in the Rye
- Two-volume Swedish translation of Henrik Ibsen's plays
Translations of Works
- Translated into more than ten languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- depiction of odd charactersshadowworld of official societynarrator-led stories
- Recurring Motifs
- odd charactersshadow society with own laws
Legacy
Prominent Swedish novelist, screenwriter, and translator. Former member of the Swedish Academy (seat 11, 2014-2018). Works translated into more than ten languages, recipient of numerous literary prizes.
Trivia
- Father was Finnish, mother Swedish.
- Youngest of four siblings.
- First married to actress Pernilla August (1982-1989), one daughter; current wife Cilla, three children.
- Elected to Swedish Academy in 2014, resigned in 2018.