Carin Franzén (born 1962) is a Swedish literary scholar. She graduated as

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literary science Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, th ...

in 1995, and is professor of language and literature at the

Linköping University Linköping University (LiU; ) is a public university, public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions. T ...

. Her works include the essay collection ''Till det omöjligas konst'' from 2010, ''Jag gav honom inte min kärlek. Om hövisk kärlek som kvinnlig strategi'' from 2012, and ''När vi talar om oss själva'' from 2018. She has also translated works from French into

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, including psychoanalyst

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and philosopher

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. She was awarded the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

in 2019, along with Ernst Brunner,

Johan Harstad Johan Harstad (born 10 February 1979) is a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright and graphic designer. He lives in Oslo. __TOC__ Writing career Fiction Harstad was born in Stavanger. He made his literary debut in 2001, with a colle ...

and

Olaug Nilssen Olaug Nilssen (born 28 December 1977) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, children's writer, essayist and magazine editor. She was awarded the Brage Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize in 2017, both for the novel ''Tung tids tale''. She r ...

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1962 births Living people Academic staff of Linköping University Swedish literary scholars Swedish women academics Dobloug Prize winners {{Sweden-academic-bio-stub