National Book Award for Translated Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2020) Longlisted
Linda Boström Knausgård
リンダ・ボストレム・クノースゴール
Rinda Bosutorēmu Kunausugōru
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1972-10-15 （Boo, Sweden）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Boo, Sweden (birthplace) → Österlen, Sweden
Career
- Occupations
- author, poet
- Active Years
- 1998-
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Helios Disaster
2013 novelHer third book, a novel.
Translations
- English: The Helios Disaster (2015, tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles)
Grand Mal
2011 short-story collectionShort-story collection consisting of twenty short, intense prose texts in a dark mode.
Gör mig behaglig för såret
1998 poetry collectionDebut poetry collection.
Welcome to America
2016 novelTranslations
- English: Welcome to America (2019, tr. Martin Aitken)
October Child
2019 novelTranslations
- English: October Child (2021, tr. Saskia Vogel)
Bibliography
- 1998: Gör mig behaglig för såret
- 2011: Grand Mal
- 2013: Helioskatastrofen
- 2016: Välkommen til Amerika
- 2019: Oktoberbarn
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- short, intense and tight prose texts in a dark mode
- Recurring Motifs
- bipolar disorder
Health
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bipolar disorderSubject of a radio documentary she produced for Sveriges Radio in 2005.
Legacy
Swedish author and poet known for her critical breakthrough.
Trivia
- Former wife of Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård; they have four children.
- Daughter of actress Ingrid Boström.
- Began writing chronicles for Ystads Allehanda in January 2013.