August Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1997) Winner
Majgull Axelsson
マジグール・アクセルソン
Majgull Axelsson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-01-01 （Landskrona）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Nässjö → Lidingö
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1986-2024
- Affiliations
- Brombergs bokförlag
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | August Prize | April Witch | — | Swedish Publishers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Moa Martinsson Prize | April Witch | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Jörgen Eriksson's Prize | April Witch | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Guldpocket | April Witch | — | — | 受賞 |
August Prize
1998
Work:
April Witch
Organization:
Swedish Publishers' Association
Result:
受賞
Moa Martinsson Prize
1998
Work:
April Witch
Result:
受賞
Jörgen Eriksson's Prize
1998
Work:
April Witch
Result:
受賞
Guldpocket
1998
Work:
April Witch
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
April Witch
1997 FictionA novel addressing themes of mother-daughter relationships, competition between women, and the failures of Sweden's postwar welfare state.
mother-daughter relationshipscompetition between womenfailures of welfare state
Translations
- Translated into 23 languages
Bibliography
- Our Smallest Brothers (1986), Rosario Is Dead (1989), They Kill Us (1991), And Those Who Don't Have (1996), Far away from Nifelheim (1994), April Witch (1997), Random House (2000), The Woman I Never Was (2004), Ice and Water, Water and Ice (2008), Mother's Passion (2011), My Name Is Not Miriam (2014), Your Life and Mine (2017)
Translations of Works
- Works translated into 23 languages
Legacy
Swedish author known for her novels on welfare state and family relationships, winner of the August Prize.