Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren (born 26 July 1964, in

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) is a Swedish author, singer and musician. He won the

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in 2002 for the novel ''Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia'', which was published in English translation as '' The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot''.

Personal life

Vallgren is of Finnish descent through his mother who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.

Bibliography

*''Nomaderna'' (1987) *''Längta bort'' (1988) *''Fågelkvinnan'' (1990) *''Berättelser om sömn och vaka'' (1994) *''Dokument rörande spelaren Rubashov'' (1996) *''För herr Bachmanns broschyr'' (1998) *''Berlin på 8 kapitel'' (1999) *'' The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot'' (2002) *''Kunzelmann och Kunzelmann'' (2009) *''Havsmannen'' (2012) * ''Sviven'', Eng: ''The Tunnel'' * ''Skuggpojken'', (2014) Eng: ''The Boy in the Shadows'' (2015) * ''The Merman'' (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vallgren, Carl-Johan 1964 births Living people People from Linköping Musicians from Östergötland County 20th-century Swedish novelists Writers from Östergötland County Swedish male novelists August Prize winners Swedish people of Finnish descent