Lina Wolff (born 22 October 1973) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer and translator.Lina Wolff, Albert Bonniers förlag (in swedish)
/ref> Lina Wolff published her first book ''Många människor dör som du'' (''Many people die like you''), a short story collection, in 2009. It was written while she was living in Spain and is set in Spain and

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. Wolff is influenced by Spanish language literature and is considered to be a feminist writer. Her

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, ''Bret Easton Ellis och de andra hundarna'' was awarded with Sweden's Vi Magazine Literature Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2013 Swedish Radio Award for Best Novel of the Year. The English translation ''Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs'' (translated by

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), published by

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in 2016, was awarded the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, Her second novel, ''The Polyglot Lovers'', won Sweden's biggest domestic literary prize, the

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, as well as the

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, and has been translated into eighteen languages. In 2017, prior to its publication. ''The Polyglot Lovers'' (in English translation by Saskia Vogel) won a PEN Translates Award. Her third novel ''Köttets tid'' was published in 2019.Köttets tid
Albert Bonniers förlag A collection of short stories in English translation was published in 2020. Wolff is also a translator of Spanish language literature and has translated works by Chilean author

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, Argentinian writers

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and

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, and a new translation of

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' novel ''

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'' to Swedish.

Background

Lina Wolff grew up in

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and

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in the south of Sweden.Lina Wolff: Pressen blir sekundär
Ystads Allehanda 14 August 2019 (in swedish) Wolff has a bachelor's degree in French and Italian, a master's degree in Literature and a master's degree in International Trade from CESMA Business school in Madrid. She has previously been a resident of Spain and Italy where she has worked as an interpreter, translator and commercial agent. Wolff started writing in 2003 while living in Spain with her then Spanish husband and their son. She currently lives in Skåne in the south of Sweden.

Works

* ''Många människor dör som du'', 2009 ** ''Many People Die Like You'' (trans.

Saskia Vogel Saskia Maria Desiree Vogel (born September 17, 1981) is an American-Swedish author, translator, and editor. Her debut novel, ''Permission'', explores the question “How do I want to be loved?” through the story of a grieving young woman’s rel ...

, UK (2020) * ''Bret Easton Ellis och de andra hundarna'', 2010 ** ''Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs'' (trans. Frank Perry), And Other Stories, UK (2016) * ''De polyglotta älskarna'', 2016 ** ''The Polygot Lovers'' (trans. Saskia Vogel), And Other Stories, UK (2019) * ''Köttets tid'', 2019 ** ''Carnality'' (trans. Frank Perry), Other Press (2022) * ''Djävulsgreppet'', 2022 ** ''The Devil's Grip'' (trans. Sakna Vogel), Other Press (2024) , * ''Promenader i natten'' (2024)

References

21st-century Swedish novelists Swedish women short story writers Swedish short story writers 1973 births Living people Swedish women novelists 21st-century Swedish women writers Swedish feminist writers Writers from Lund {{Sweden-writer-stub