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Informationen zum Autor Sara Stridsberg , born in 1972, is a writer, playwright and former member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel, Happy Sally , was published in 2004, and her break-through came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams , her second novel, the English translation of which was longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2019. Her novels have been translated into 25 languages, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize three times, including in 2012 for her collection of plays, Medealand and Other Plays . She lives in Stockholm. Deborah Bragan-Turner is a translator of Swedish literature, and a former bookseller and academic librarian. She studied Scandinavian Languages at University College, London, and her translations include works by Per Olov Enquist and Sara Stridsberg. Klappentext A stunning, shocking novel, bringing to life one of the most controversial, forgotten and fascinating characters of second-wave feminism. Vorwort A stunning, shocking novel, bringing to life one of the most controversial, forgotten and fascinating characters of second-wave feminism. Zusammenfassung A stunning, shocking novel, bringing to life one of the most controversial, forgotten and fascinating characters of second-wave feminism.
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Sara Stridsberg, born in 1972, is a writer, playwright and former member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel, Happy Sally, was published in 2004, and her break-through came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams, her second novel, the English translation of which was longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2019. Her novels have been translated into 25 languages, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize three times, including in 2012 for her collection of plays, Medealand and Other Plays. She lives in Stockholm.Deborah Bragan-Turner is a translator of Swedish literature, and a former bookseller and academic librarian. She studied Scandinavian Languages at University College, London, and her translations include works by Per Olov Enquist and Sara Stridsberg.
