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Susanna Alakoski

スザンナ・アラコスキ

Susanna Alakoski

Aliases: Jaana Susanna Emilia Alakoski Söderlund

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-05-16 （Vaasa）
Nationality
Swedish
Languages
Swedish, Finnish
Residence History
Vaasa, Finland (birth) → Fridhem area, Ystad, Sweden (early life) → Stockholm, Sweden (current)

Career

Occupations
novelist, author, lecturer, social worker
Active Years
2006-2024
Affiliations
Press secretary for Vänsterpartiet

Education

Unknown (socionom)
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Degree: socionom
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: Sweden
Finished degree at age 23
Skurups folkhögskola
Writing
Period: 1988
Year of Graduation: 1988
Country: Sweden
Studied writing

Awards

August Prize
2006
Work: Svinalängorna
Category: Best Fiction
Organization: August Prize
Result: winner
Moa Award
2013
Organization: Arbetarnas bildningsförbund
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Svinalängorna

2006 novel

Semi-autobiographical debut novel about childhood in a poor family in Sweden. Sold over 400,000 copies. Filmed in 2010.

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Adaptations
  • [film] Beyond / Pernilla August (2010)

Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset

2010 novel

Second novel.

Dagens Harri

2011 children's novel

First children's novel.

Guldfisken

2012 children's novel

Oktober i Fattigsverige

2012 diary

Diary about poverty in Sweden.

Bibliography

  • Svinalängorna (2006)
  • Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset (2010)
  • Dagens Harri (2011)
  • Guldfisken (2012)
  • Oktober i Fattigsverige (2012)
  • Dagens skräckis (2013)

Adaptations

  • Svinalängorna adapted as film Beyond (2010)

Legacy

Swedish author acclaimed for her August Prize-winning novel, focusing on poverty, gender, and class issues.

Trivia

  • Sweden Finn born in Finland with Finnish as mother tongue but writes in Swedish.
  • Winner of August Prize and Moa Award.
  • Served as press secretary for Left Party politician Gudrun Schyman.