Katarina Frostenson
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Katarina Frostenson (born 1953) is a Swedish writer. She was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1992. In 2003, Frostensen was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in recognition of her services to literature.
Frostenson is one of Sweden's foremost poets, of a style both experimental and archaic. She is the author of I mellan (1978), I det gula (1985) and Joner (1991), and has also written a book of lyrical prose named Berättelser från dom (1992), about an ancient people who, through the loss of language, lose their sense of belonging in the world. Katarina Frostenson is the niece of Anders Frostenson.
Her many honors include the Great Prize of the Society of Nine (1989), the Bellman Prize (1994), and the Swedish Radio Prize for Lyrical Poetry (1996).
[edit] References
- Katarina Frostenson profile from Svenska Akademien.
- Katrina Frostenson, on lyrikline.
- Poems, Swedish Book Review.
| Preceded by Artur Lundkvist |
Swedish Academy, Seat No.18 1992- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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| 1. Sten Rudholm • 2. Bo Ralph • 3. Sture Allén • 4. Lars Forssell • 5. Göran Malmqvist • 6. Birgitta Trotzig • 7. Knut Ahnlund • 8. Jesper Svenbro • 9. Torgny Lindgren • 10. Peter Englund • 11. Ulf Linde • 12. Per Wästberg • 13. Gunnel Vallquist • 14. Kristina Lugn • 15. Kerstin Ekman • 16. Kjell Espmark • 17. Horace Engdahl • 18. Katarina Frostenson | ||
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