Lars Andersson (born 23 March 1954) is a Swedish writer.
Career
Andersson's literary debut was in 1974 with the novel ''Brandlyra''. His next novel was ''Vi lever våra spel'' (1976), followed by the short story collection ''Gleipner'' in 1977. His 1979 novel, ''Snöljus'', has been called a literary breakthrough. His essay collections include ''Försöksgrupp'' from 1980, ''Skuggbilderna'' (1995), and ''Fylgja – Resor och essäer'' (2004). In 1985, he published the poetry collection ''Lommen lyfter'', and a later poetry collection is ''Motgift from 2001.
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He has been a literary critic for the newspapers ''
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
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Aftonbladet
(, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lar ...
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Expressen
(''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or " to your rescue".
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Awards
He 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 2020.
References
1954 births
Living people
Swedish poets
Swedish novelists
Swedish essayists
Swedish literary critics
Dobloug Prize winners
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