Sara Stridsberg
Born in 1972, Sara Stridsberg is a writer and playwright. Her first novel Happy Sally was published in 2004, and her break-through came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams, her second novel. With her novel, Beckomberga – Ode till min familj, published in 2014, she was short-listed to the prestigious August Prize for the fourth time. In 2016, she became the youngest member of the Swedish Academy and only the 10th woman ever to be elected. In 2018, she resigned from the Academy. Sara Stridsberg lives in Stockholm.
AWARDS
2019 Long listed for the Man Booker International Prize
2018 Moa Martinsson Prize
2017 Prix Femina
2016 Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize
2015 The Aniara Prize
2015 De Nios Vinter Prize
2015 The European Prize of Literature
2015 The Berns Prize
2013 The Dobloug Prize
2011 De Nios Vinter Prize
2010 Tidningen Vi:s Literature Prize
2007 The Nordic Council Literature Prize
2006 Aftonbladets Literature Prize
