Sara Stridsberg

Sara
Stridsberg

Sara Stridsberg is a writer, playwright and former member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel Happy Sally was published in 2004, and her breakthrough came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams, her second novel, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019. Her novels have been translated into more than 25 languages, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize on multiple occasions, including in 2012 for her collection Medealand and Other Plays. She lives in Stockholm.

Sara Stridsberg is a writer, playwright and former member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel Happy Sally was published in 2004, and her breakthrough came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams, her second novel, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019. Her novels have been translated into more than 25 languages, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize on multiple occasions, including in 2012 for her collection Medealand and Other Plays. She lives in Stockholm.

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