Katarina Frostenson

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Katarina Frostenson (born March 5, 1953 in Stockholm) is a Swedish poet and 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.
• Poems, Swedish Book Review.

Preceded by Artur Lundkvist

Swedish Academy, Seat No.18 1992-

Succeeded by incumbent

Members of the Swedish Academy
1. Sten Rudholm • 2. Bo Ralph • 3. Sture Allén • 4. Anders Olsson • 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

Persondata
NAME	Frostenson, Katarina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH