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Per Christian Jersild

ペール・クリスティアン・イェルシルト

Pēru Kurisuchian Ierushiruto

Aliases: P. C. Jersild

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-03-14 (Katrineholm)
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

Career

Occupations
author, physician
Active Years
1960-2024
Affiliations
Dagens Nyheter, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Memberships
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Education

Uppsala University
Faculty of Medicine
Degree: 名誉博士
Year of Graduation: 2000
Country: Sweden
Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine
Royal Institute of Technology
Engineering
Degree: 名誉博士
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: Sweden
Honorary doctorate in engineering

Awards

Svenska Dagbladets litterära pris
1973
Organization: Svenska Dagbladet
Result: 受賞
Aniara Prize
1974
Result: 受賞
Kellgren Prize
1990
Result: 受賞
Samfundet De Nios stora pris
1998
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞
Övralidspriset
2007
Result: 受賞
Ingemar Hedenius Award
2007
Organization: Swedish Humanist Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Children's Island (Barnens ö)

1976 novel

A young boy on the verge of adulthood runs away from a children's summer camp to spend time alone in the big city, Stockholm.

social criticismcoming of age
Adaptations
  • [film] Barnens ö (1980)
Translations
  • translated by Joan Tate

Bibliography

  • Räknelära
  • Till varmare länder
  • Ledig lördag
  • Resa genom världen
  • Pyton
  • Prins Valiant och Konsum
  • Grisjakten
  • Vi ses i Song My
  • Drömpojken
  • Uppror bland marsvinen
  • Stumpen
  • The Animal Doctor
  • Den elektriska kaninen
  • Children's Island
  • House of Babel
  • A Living Soul
  • Professionella bekännelser
  • After the Flood
  • Lit de parade
  • Den femtionde frälsaren
  • Geniernas återkomst
  • Svarta villan
  • Röda hund
  • Ett ensamt öra
  • Fem hjärtan i en tändsticksask
  • En livsåskådsningsbok
  • Alice och Nisse i lustiga huset
  • Holgerssons
  • Röda hund
  • Hymir
  • En gammal kärlek
  • Ett gammal kylskåp och en förkyld hund
  • Sena sagor
  • Darwins ofullbordade: Om människans biologiska natur
  • Ljusets Drottning
  • Hundra Fristående Kolumner i Dagens Nyheter
  • Ypsilon

Translations of Works

  • translated into English (e.g., Children's Island, House of Babel, A Living Soul)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
social criticismrealism
Recurring Motifs
critique of modern societyhuman isolation

Legacy

Swedish author and physician known for his novels with social criticism. Recipient of numerous literary awards and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.