Linnea Axelsson

Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize (2018)
August Prize (2018)

Linnea Axelsson (born 10 December 1980) is a Sami-Swedish art scholar, novelist and poet.

Axelsson was born in Porjus (Bårjås in Lule Sami^[1]) in Jokkmokk Municipality. She made her literary debut in 2010 with the novel Tvillingsmycket. Her epic poem Ædnan from 2018 earned her the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize, as well as the August Prize for best fiction in 2018.^[2]

References

^ "Välkommen till Porjus!". www.porjus.se. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
^ Fredriksen, Lill Tove. "Linnea Axelsson". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

External links

"Linnea Axelsson vinner Augustpriset i skönlitteratur (Axelsson wins the August Prize for best fiction)". svtplay.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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August Prize for Best Fiction

Best book (1989–1991)

1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist
1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin
1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc

1990s

1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström
1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman
1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid
1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren
1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer
1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson
1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström
1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist

2000s

2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi
2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt
2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren
2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman
2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson
2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm
2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski
2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark
2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist
2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg

2010s

2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen
2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed
2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg
2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson
2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg
2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff
2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru
2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson
2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla

2020s

2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren
2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed
2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg

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