Jonas Jonasson

Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson
Born	Per Ola Jonasson (1961-07-06) July 6, 1961 Växjö, Sweden
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson, originally Per Ola Jonasson, (6 July 1961),^[1] is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.^[2]

Personal life

The son of an ambulance driver and a nurse, Jonasson was born and raised in Växjö in southern Sweden.^[3] After studying Swedish and Spanish at the University of Gothenburg, Jonasson worked as a journalist for the Växjö newspaper Smålandsposten, and for the Swedish evening tabloid Expressen, where he remained until 1994. In 1996, he founded a media company, OTW, which grew to 100 employees. He stopped working in 2003, after having two major back operations and being overworked. He later sold his company.^[3]

In 2007 he completed his first book The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It was published in Sweden in 2009.^[3][4][5] Since 2010, Jonas Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.^[3][6]

Awards

• Swedish Booksellers Award (2010).^[7]
• German Pioneer Prize (M-Pionier Preis) from Mayersche Buchhandlung (2011).^[8]
• Danish Audiobook Award (2011).^[8]
• Prix Escapades (2012).^[9]

Bibliography

Jonasson's first novel has achieved worldwide success. Telling the story of the incredible adventures in the life of a centenarian who escapes from a home, it has been translated into some 35 languages, selling over a million copies in Germany and some 3.5 million worldwide.^[6]

• Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 978-91-642-0296-3. (Swedish)

• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, paperback, Hyperion Books, United States, 2012. ISBN 978-14-01324-64-3.

• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (translated by Rod Bradbury), Hesperus Press, London, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84391-372-6.

• Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand (translated by Wibke Kuhn), Carl's Books, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-58501-6. (German)

• Le Vieux qui ne voulait pas fêter son anniversaire, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2011. ISBN 9782258086449. (French)

• Stoletý stařík, který vylezl z okna a zmizel, Mladá Boleslav, Panteon, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87697-00-9. (Czech)
• A százéves ember, aki kimászott az ablakon és eltűnt, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2011. ISBN 978-963-293-183-8 (Hungarian)
• Stogodišnjak koji je iskočio kroz prozor i nestao (translated by Marija Popović), Mladinska knjiga Beograd, 2013, ISBN 978-86-7928-398-6 (Serbian)
• Ο εκατοντάχρονος που πήδηξε από το παράθυρο και εξαφανίστηκε, ΨΥΧΟΓΙΟΣ ,ΑΘΗΝΑ 2013 ISBN 978-960-496-859-6 (Greek)

Jonasson's second novel, about an orphan from Soweto who by chance becomes involved in international politics, was released on 25 September 2013:

• Analfabeten som kunde räkna, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2013. ISBN 978-91-642-0396-0. (Swedish)
• "The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden" ISBN 9780062329127;
• Az analfabéta, aki tudott számolni, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2013. ISBN 9789632932903 (Hungarian)
• Η αναλφάβητη που ήξερε να μετρά, ΨΥΧΟΓΙΟΣ ,ΑΘΗΝΑ 2014 . ISBN 978-618-01-0658-9 (Greek)

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