Carl-Johan Vallgren
Swedish author, singer and musician (born 1964)
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| Born | (1964-07-26) 26 July 1964 (age 59) Linköping |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Notable works | The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot |
Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren (born 26 July 1964, in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish author, singer and musician. He won the August Prize in 2002 for the novel Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia, which was published in English translation as The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot.[1]
Personal life
Vallgren is of Finnish descent through his mother who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.[2]
Bibliography
- Nomaderna (1987)
- Längta bort (1988)
- Fågelkvinnan (1990)
- Berättelser om sömn och vaka (1994)
- Dokument rörande spelaren Rubashov (1996)
- För herr Bachmanns broschyr (1998)
- Berlin på 8 kapitel (1999)
- The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot (2002)
- Kunzelmann och Kunzelmann (2009)
- Havsmannen (2012)
- Sviven, Eng: The Tunnel
- Skuggpojken, (2014) Eng: The Boy in the Shadows (2015)
- The Merman (2017)
References
- ^ "Augustpriset genom åren | Augustpriset". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "August-palkittu menestyskirjailija Carl-Johan Vallgren suunnittelee kirjaa sotalapsiäitinsä elämästä" (in Finnish). Sveriges Radio. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
Carl Johan Vallgrenin äiti lähetettiin kolmivuotiaana sotalapseksi Ruotsiin jatkosodalta suojaan.
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August Prize for Best Fiction
- 1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist
- 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin
- 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
- 1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström
- 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman
- 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid
- 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren
- 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer
- 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson
- 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström
- 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
- 2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi
- 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt
- 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren
- 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman
- 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson
- 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm
- 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski
- 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark
- 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist
- 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
- 2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen
- 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed
- 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg
- 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson
- 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg
- 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff
- 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru
- 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson
- 2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla
- 2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren
- 2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed
- 2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg
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