Gabriella Hakansson
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Gabriella Hakansson, born 1968, is a Swedish novelist. Her books are renowned for their great psychological originality, complex plots, gothic sense of humour and claustrophobic mapping of the human mind. They have been translated into German, Czech, Danish and Norwegian.
Hakansson is also a literary critic and essayist. Her lengthier essays concern writers such as William Beckford
, Witold Gombrowicz
, Mickey Spillane
, Peter Weiss
and Jorge Louis Borges. She features regularly in the Swedish news daily Dagens Nyheter
, as well as on national public radio.
In 2008 Hakanson was Program Director for the WALTIC International Literary Conference in Stockholm. She now lives in the countryside outside of Malmoe, in the south of Sweden, and is currently working on trilogy of historical novels, set in various European countries during the 18th century.
Hakansson is also a literary critic and essayist. Her lengthier essays concern writers such as William Beckford
William Beckford
William Beckford may refer to:* William Beckford , English businessman, often called "Alderman Beckford", father of William Thomas* William Beckford of Somerley , Jamaican slave-owner and writer...
, Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish novelist and dramatist. His works are characterized by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and an absurd, anti-nationalist flavor...
, Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane
Frank Morrison Spillane , better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally...
, Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, and artist of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance....
and Jorge Louis Borges. She features regularly in the Swedish news daily Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter
is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...
, as well as on national public radio.
In 2008 Hakanson was Program Director for the WALTIC International Literary Conference in Stockholm. She now lives in the countryside outside of Malmoe, in the south of Sweden, and is currently working on trilogy of historical novels, set in various European countries during the 18th century.