Mats Berggren

Swedish writer

Mats Berggren (born 1957, in Södertälje) is a Swedish writer. He specializes in children's and young adult literature.

He has been a jury member of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.^[1]

Biography

Mats Berggren was born and raised in Södertälje where he lived until 1997.^[2] He then studied cultural studies at Stockholm University from 1985 to 1987 and has made a living as a writer since his debut with Orent ackord. Mats Berggren has mainly written books for young people but also novels for adults.^[3] He has been a member of the Swedish Academy of Children's Books and a member of the jury for the Literature Prize in Memory of Astrid Lindgren.^[4]

Selected works

1987 – Orent ackord
1989 – När blodrosen slår ut
1991 – Kalsonger med gröna älgar
1993 – Bilder från ett osynligt Sverige (photographs by Lars Lind)
1993 – Varken varken eller eller
1994 – Välfärdslandet?: 18 röster från Sverige i dag (editor)
1995 – Trosor med röda rosor
1999 – Blåögd
2000 – Behå med vita spetsar
2001 – Sent ute (with Bawer Coskun)
2002 – Det finns inga skridskor i öknen
2004 – Svennehora (with Dea Berisha)
2006 – En enda kväll
2008 – Sista berättelsen om oss
2011 – Språkresan
2013 – Jag ljuger bara på fredagar
2014 – Onsdag kväll strax för sju
2015 – Generation 55+
2017 – Din syster måste dö^[5]

References

^ "Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award".
^ "Mats Berggren | Ungdomsförfattare". matsberggren.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Mats Berggren - Uppslagsverk - NE". www.ne.se. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Priser och utmärkelser | Mats Berggren". matsberggren.com. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
^ "LIBRIS - sökning: "Berggren, Mats"". libris.kb.se. Retrieved 2016-12-05.