Stig Håkan Larsson is a

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writer of novels, dramas, poetry, political essays and short stories, film writer, director and actor.

Biography

Larsson was born on 20 July 1955, in

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, Västerbottens län. He grew up in

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and currently lives in Stockholm. In the late 1970, his namesake and friend, Stieg Larsson, ne Stig, the well-known author of the

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, changed slightly the spelling of his first name to avoid confusion with Stig, by then a well-known writer. Larsson was a member of the '' Kris'' editorial staff. His first success was in 1979 with ''Autisterna'', since, Stig Larsson has established himself as one of Sweden's best-known and influential authors. "His instinct for psychological and emotional violence has been compared to that of

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and Ingmar Bergman." He has published over 20 books including novels, short stories, and poetry collections. He has also written and directed internationally successful stage plays such as ''Vd'' and ''Systrar, bröder''. In 1989, he wrote and directed his feature film debut ''Ängel'', followed by '' The Rabbit Man'' in 1990. He has directed TV movies such as ''Under isen'' (1991) and ''Nigger'' (1991), and written screenplays for films such as Kristian Petris's acclaimed ''Sommaren'' (1995).

Bibliography

Prose

*'' Autisterna'', 1979 *''Nyår'', 1984 *''Introduktion'', 9 *''Komedin I'', 1989 *''Om en död'', 1992 (short stories) *'' När det känns att det håller på ta slut'', 2012

Poetry

*''Minuterna före blicken'', 1981 *''Den andra resan'', 1982 *''Samtidigt, på olika platser'', 1985 *''Deras ordning'', 1987 *''Händ!'', 1988 *''Ändras'', 1990 *''Ett kommande arbete'', 1991 *''Uttal'', 1992 *''En andra resa'', 1993 (collection) *''Likar'', 1993 *''Ordningen'', 1994 (collection) *''Matar'', 1995 *''Natta de mina'', 1997 *''Wokas lax?'', 1998 *''Helhjärtad tanke'', 1999 *''Avklädda på ett fält'', 2000

Drama

*''VD'', 1987 *''Pjäser'', 1991 *''Realism: två pjäser och ett filmmanus'', 2011

Journalism and essays

*''Artiklar 1975–2004'', 2006 *''Folk på ön'' – With photographs by Ulla , 2017

Filmography

Writer

:1988 ''VD'' (TV movie) (play / screenplay) :1989 ''Ängel'' (writer) :1989 ''

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'' (writer) :1990 '' The Rabbit Man'' (''Kaninmannen'') :1995 ''Svinet'' (TV film) :1995 ''Sommaren'' :1997 ''Grötbögen'' (TV film) :2000 ''Jesus lever'' (TV film) :2009 '' Metropía'' (screenplay)

Director

:1988 ''VD'' (TV play) :1989 ''Ängel'' :1990 ''Nigger'' (TV film) :1990 ''The Rabbit Man'' (''Kaninmannen'') :1991 ''Under isen'' (TV film) :2007 ''August'' (TV film)

Actor

:1984 ''

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'' (''Forbrydelsens element'') (Coroner's Assistant) :1989 ''Ängel'' (Stig) :2006 ''Sök'' (Bo)

References

1955 births Living people People from Skellefteå Municipality Swedish Roman Catholics Writers from Västerbotten Swedish male writers Swedish film directors Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award winners Dobloug Prize winners {{Sweden-writer-stub