Ola Larsmo
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Ola Larsmo was born in 1957 in Sundbyberg and has lived in Västervik for ten years. He studied at Uppsala University, mainly in North Germanic languages, literature, theology and history.[1]
Larsmo was editor of BLM from 1984 to 1990, and now works as writer and freelance critic, mainly for Dagens Nyheter. He was a member of the board at Författarförbundet ("Authors association") until May 2003. As of 2011[update], he has been living in Uppsala.
In 2008 he was awarded the Bjørnson Prize.[2]
Books
- Vindmakaren ("The wind maker"; In Fyra kortromaner, 1983)
- Fågelvägen ("As the bird flies"; novel, 1985)
- Engelska parken ("The English park"; novel, 1988)
- Odysséer (essays, 1990),
- Stumheten ("The dumbness"; short stories, 1981),
- Himmel och jord må brinna ("Heaven and earth will burn"; historic novel, 1993, paperback 1995),
- Maroonberget ("The Maroon Mountain"; novel, 1996),
- net.wars (debate book about IT and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 1997, paperback 1999).
- Joyce bor inte här längre, ("Joyce doesn't live here any more"), a book about Irish literature written with Stephen Farran-Lee (1999).
- Norra Vasa 133 (novel, 1999)
- Andra sidan ( "The other side", literary essays, 2001).
- En glänta i skogen ("A glen in the forest", novel, 2004)
- 404 (debate on the Internet and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 2005)
- Djävulssonaten ("The devil's sonata", essays on Swedish antisemitism during World War II, 2007)
- Jag vill inte tjäna ("I don't want to serve", novel, 2009)
- Förrädare ("Deceit", novel, 2012)
- 101 historiska hjältar ("101 human rights' heroes", with Brian Palmer, 2013)
- Swede Hollow (novel about Swedish emigrants who settled in Swede Hollow, Saint Paul, 2016)
- Översten ("The Colonel", historical novel about Oscar Broady, 2020)
References
- ^ CV - Ola Larsmo Archived 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Nobelprize.org, accessed 2010-05-31
- ^ DN:s Ola Larsmo får Bjørnsonpriset, Dagens Nyheter 2008-09-17 (in Swedish)
External links
- olalarsmo.com (in Swedish)
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