Linda Boström Knausgård

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Linda Boström Knausgård (born 1972 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and poet. She debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection Gör mig behaglig för såret. Her critical breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal. Her first novel, Helioskatastrofen, was released in 2013.[1][2]

Literary career

Boström Knausgård debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection Gör mig behaglig för såret.[1][2] Her breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal which consists of twenty short, intense and tight prose texts in a dark mode.[1] Boström Knausgård suffers from a bipolar disorder. Her disorder was the subject of a radio documentary, titled Jag skulle kunna vara USA:s president, which she produced for Sveriges Radio in 2005.[1] In 2013, her third book, the novel Helioskatastrofen, was released. Since January 2013 she has been writing chronicles for the regional newspaper Ystads Allehanda.[3]

Personal life

Boström Knausgård is married to the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård. They live in the Österlen-region in southeastern Sweden and have three children.[1] Linda Boström Knausgård is the daughter of actress Ingrid Boström.[3]

Bibliography

  • 1998: Gör mig behaglig för såret
  • 2011: Grand Mal
  • 2013: Helioskatastrofen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Maria Schottenius (September 5, 2011). "Hennes kamp är explosiv". Dagens Nyheter. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Johansson, Arne (August 17, 1998). "Naket, säkert och utan åthävor". Aftonbladet. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Johannesson, Sune (January 15, 2013). "Skrivandets dröm lever i Glemmingebro". Ystads Allehanda. 
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