Sara Stridsberg is a Swedish author

Author

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 and translator. Her first fiction novel, Happy Sally was about Sally Bauer, the first Scandinavian to swim the English Channel

English Channel

The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...

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In 2007, she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize

The Nordic Council's Literature Prize

The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner...

 for her novel Drömfakulteten

Drömfakulteten

Drömfakulteten is a 2006 novel by the Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize...

(The Dream Faculty), which is her second novel and a fictitious story about Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist writer, best known for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968. She wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which called for male gendercide and the creation of an all-female society.-Early life:Solanas was born in Ventnor City, New Jersey, to Louis...

, who wrote the SCUM manifesto

SCUM Manifesto

The SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto written in 1967 by Valerie Solanas and calling for the elimination of the male sex.-Description:...

, which Stridsberg has translated into Swedish.

Non-fiction

• Juristutbildningen ur ett genusperspektiv 1999
• Det är bara vi som är ute och åker 2002

Awards

• The Sveriges Essäfond Prize 2004
  2004 in literature
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• Aftonbladet's Literature Prize 2006
  2006 in literature
  The year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Literature:*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun*Chris Adrian - The Children's Hospital *Martin Amis - House of Meetings...
  
  
• The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
  The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
  The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner...
  
   2007
  2007 in literature
  The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books.-Events:*November 19 - First Kindle e-book reader released.*December 11 - Terry Pratchett informs fans on-line that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.-Literature:...
  
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• Visiting professor Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  Free University of Berlin
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  , 2010