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Sigrid Combüchen

シグリッド・コンビュッシェン

Shiguriddo Konbyūshen

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1942-01-16 (Solingen, Germany)
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Germany (birth)

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, literary critic, journalist
Active Years
1960-2024
Affiliations
Lund University (teacher of creative writing, 2004-2017)

Awards

Selma Lagerlöf Prize
2004
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: 受賞
August Prize
2010
Work: Spill: En damroman
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Result: 受賞
Honorary Doctorate in Literature
2007
Organization: Lund University
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Byron

1988 historical novel

Paints a picture of Byron through present-day enthusiasts and his own time.

Byron fandomhistory and present
Translations
  • English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch

Bibliography

  • Ett rumsrent sällskap (1960)
  • I norra Europa (1977)
  • Värme (1980)
  • Byron (1988)
  • Korta och långa kapitel (1992)
  • Om en dag man vaknar. Essayer (1995)
  • Parsifal (1998)
  • En simtur i sundet (2003)
  • Livsklättraren. En bok om Knut Hamsun (2006)
  • Spill: En damroman (2010)
  • Den umbärliga (2014)
  • Sidonie & Nathalie – från Limhamn till Lofoten (2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
compositional shifts between present and pastuse of saga and fantasy
Recurring Motifs
changes in national mentalitydystopian medieval tales

Legacy

Prominent Swedish novelist, August Prize winner, with works translated internationally.