Carl-Johan Vallgren
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| Born | 26 July 1964 Linköping |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Notable works | The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot |
Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren (born 26 July 1964, in Linköping) is a Swedish author, singer and musician. He won the August Prize in 2002 for the novel The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot.[1]
Personal life[]
Vallgren is of Finnish descent through his mother who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.[2]
Bibliography[]
- Nomaderna (1987)
- Längta bort (1988)
- Fågelkvinnan (1990)
- Berättelser om sömn och vaka (1994)
- Dokument rörande spelaren Rubashov (1996)
- För herr Bachmanns broschyr (1998)
- Berlin på 8 kapitel (1999)
- The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot (2002)
- Kunzelmann och Kunzelmann (2009)
- Havsmannen (2012)
- Sviven, Eng: The Tunnel
- Skuggpojken, (2014) Eng: The Boy in the Shadows (2015)
- The Merman (2017)
References[]
- ^ "Augustpriset genom åren | Augustpriset".
- ^ "August-palkittu menestyskirjailija Carl-Johan Vallgren suunnittelee kirjaa sotalapsiäitinsä elämästä" (in Finnish). Sveriges Radio. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
Carl Johan Vallgrenin äiti lähetettiin kolmivuotiaana sotalapseksi Ruotsiin jatkosodalta suojaan.
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Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Linköping
- 20th-century Swedish novelists
- Writers from Östergötland
- Swedish male novelists
- August Prize winners
- Swedish people of Finnish descent