Bobi Sourander (15 December 1928 in

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, Finland – 16 October 2008 in

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, Sweden) was a Finnish-

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and

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covering stories for '' Dagens Nyheter'' in

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from 1969 to 1974. He belonged to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland, and started working for ''Dagens Nyheter'' in 1964.Bobi Sourander
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. One month after the coup, he was imprisoned and placed in the infamous National Stadium in Santiago which was filled with nearly two thousand political prisoners. Sourander was released after two weeks of detention, but was expelled from

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. Sourander debuted as a crime writer in 1984 with the political thriller ''Ett kilo diamanter'' after which followed five more books, the last one, ''Förlorarna'' (1995), dealt with the murder of Olof Palme. He was married to Ewa and he had two children from his earlier marriages.

Bibliography

* ''Ett kilo diamanter'' (1984) * ''En hjältes liv'' (1985) * ''Bara action räknas'' (1988) * ''Farväl Fidel'' (1990) * ''Vinnarna'' (1993) * ''Förlorarna'' (1995)

Prizes and awards

* Debutant-diplomet 1984 * Guldpennan 1986

References

1928 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Finnish journalists Finnish writers Kidnapped Swedish people Missing person cases in Chile People from Kemi Swedish writers Finnish expatriates in Sweden Swedish-speaking Finns {{finland-writer-stub