Jonas Gardell
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Jonas Gardell, born 2 November 1963 in Eneby, Sweden, is a gay Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian.
Gardell's first novel, The Passion Play (Passionsspelet), was published in 1985. Since then, he has written some ten novels, including The Growing Up of a Comedian (En Komikers Uppväxt), which became a TV series. He has also written several other books, nine plays and two screenplays that were made into movies, including Life is a Pop Song (Livet är en Schlager). His novels are not yet available in English.
In 2006, more than 20 years after his first novel was published, Gardell is one of Sweden's most famous stand-up comedians and probably the country's most well-known gay man. His partner is the Finnish-Swedish writer and TV presenter Mark Levengood, with whom he shares custody of two children. He is the brother of Mattias Gardell.
