Marie Hermanson (born 1956) is a Swedish writer and journalist. Many of her novels evoke fairy tales and myths, characterized by her sensually realist style. ''The Devil's Sanctuary'', her first novel to be translated into English, appeared in 2013.
Biography
Born in
Sävedalen
Sävedalen is a district ("kommundel") located in Partille Municipality. At west it borders to Gothenburg Municipality and is a suburb of Gothenburg.
The ice-cream company ''Triumf Glass'' was founded and have their headquarters in Sävedalen.
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, a suburb of
Gothenburg, Hermanson attended the Gothenburg School of Journalism (''Journalisthögskolan'') before studying sociology and literature at
Gothenburg University
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...
. She then worked for various newspapers until 1986 when she published ''Det finns ett hål i verkligheten'' (There is a Hole in Reality), evoking fairy tales and myths.
Her novel ''Snövit'' (1990) provides her own interpretation of Snow White while in ''Tvillingsystrana'' (The Twin Sisters, 1993), ''Värddjuret'' (The Parasite's Host, 1995) and ''Musselstranden'' (The Mussel Shore, 1998), she adds sensuality to the fairly tale genre, drawing on the renewed interest in realism characterizing Nordic literature in the late 20th century.
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''Himmelsdalen'' (2011), her first novel to be translated into English, appeared as ''The Devil's Sanctuary'' in 2013. The thriller tells the story of estranged twin brothers who meet at an Alpine clinic.
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Bibliography
*''Det finns ett hål i verkligheten'', 1986
*''Snövit'', 1990
*''Tvillingsystrarna'', 1993
*''Värddjuret'', 1995
*''Musselstranden'', 1998
*''Ett oskrivet blad'', 2001
*'' Hembiträdet'', 2004
*''Mannen under trappan'', 2005
*''Svampkungens son'', 2007
*''Himmelsdalen'', 2011, translated as ''The Devil's Sanctuary'', 2013
*''Skymningslandet'', 2014
*''Den stora utställningen'', 2018
*''Pestön'', 2021
Awards
* Partille Bookstore's Writer's Scholarship −1997
* Bokhandelns val – 2005
Nominations
August Prize – 1995 (for Värddjuret).
References
External links
Marie Hermanson's website
mainly in Swedish
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1956 births
Living people
Swedish journalists
Swedish women writers
Swedish women novelists
People from Gothenburg