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Ola Larsmo

オラ・ラルスモ

Ola Larsmo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957 (Sundbyberg)
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Sundbyberg (birthplace) → Västervik (ten years) → Uppsala (as of 2011)

Career

Occupations
writer, freelance critic, editor
Active Years
1981-2024
Affiliations
BLM (editor, 1984-1990), Dagens Nyheter (critic), Författarförbundet (board member until 2003)

Education

Uppsala University
North Germanic languages, literature, theology, history
Country: Sweden

Awards

Bjørnson Prize
2008
Result: 受賞
Moa Martinson visiting professorship
2023
Organization: Linköping University
Result: 任命

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Swede Hollow

2016 historical novel

Novel about Swedish emigrants who settled in Swede Hollow, Saint Paul.

emigrationhistory

Översten

2020 historical novel

Historical novel about Oscar Broady.

historymilitary

Förrädare

2012 novel

Deceit, a novel.

deceit

Bibliography

  • Vindmakaren (The wind maker)
  • Fågelvägen (As the bird flies)
  • Engelska parken (The English park)
  • Odysséer
  • Stumheten (The dumbness)
  • Himmel och jord må brinna (Heaven and earth will burn)
  • Maroonberget (The Maroon Mountain)
  • net.wars
  • Joyce bor inte här längre (Joyce doesn't live here any more)
  • Norra Vasa 133
  • Andra sidan (The other side)
  • En glänta i skogen (A glen in the forest)
  • 404
  • Djävulssonaten (The devil's sonata)
  • Jag vill inte tjäna (I don't want to serve)
  • Förrädare (Deceit)
  • 101 historiska hjältar (101 human rights' heroes)
  • Swede Hollow
  • Översten (The Colonel)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Specializes in historical novelsAlso writes essays
Recurring Motifs
historical eventsemigrationantisemitism

Legacy

Swedish writer known for historical novels and criticism. Recipient of Bjørnson Prize.

Trivia

  • Many works focus on Swedish emigrant history.