Åsa Beckman (born 1961) is a Swedish

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. She writes for the Swedish newspaper ''

Dagens Nyheter (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major nationa ...

'' and was

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of the literary magazine '' Bonniers Litterära Magasin'' from 1987 to 1990.Libris - ''Jag själv ett hus av ljus''
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Works

* ''Jag själv ett hus av ljus'', Albert Bonniers förlag 2002

Awards

* ''Gerard Bonniers essäpris'' (essay award), 2003

References

Swedish literary critics Swedish women literary critics Living people 1961 births Swedish women writers {{Sweden-writer-stub