Eva Ström

Eva Ström (* 1947 in Lidingö ) is a Swedish writer, literary critic and doctor.

Life

Eva Ström trained as a doctor and worked from 1974 to 1988 in this profession. In subsequent years, she focused on work as a writer and literary critic. She wrote primarily poetry and prose. As a critic, she worked primarily for the newspaper Sydsvenskan.

Ströms poetic debut was in 1977 with the brin other Zeppelinaren instead. The literary breakthrough came two years later with stone child. Since then, she has published a number of attention- arousing collections of poetry, including Brandenburg, Revbensstäderna, Rött vill till Rött and Kniv och flod. Her poems are known for the typical medical imagery and a female association sphere. But they also wrote novels such as Bröd and Claire leende and 1994 a biography of Edith Södergran.

She was elected for her performances in Humanities and outstanding contributions to the science as Head of the Academy of Sciences on 20 January 2010.

Today Eva Ström lives in Kristianstad.

Works

  • The brin other Zeppelinaren, 1977
  • Stone Child, 1979
  • Det mörka alfabetet, 1982
  • Akra, 1983
  • Samtal med en daimon, 1986
  • Kärleken till matematiken, 1989
  • Mats Ulfson, 1991
  • Brandenburg, 1993
  • Edith Södergran, 1994
  • Poesi och musik, 1997
  • Berättelser, 1997
  • Bröd, 1999
  • Revbensstäderna, 2002
  • Rött vill till Rött, 2004
  • Pål Svensson, skulptör, 2005 (together with Hans Hammarskiöld )
  • Claire leende, 2007
  • Kniv och flod, 2009

Prizes and awards

  • Literature Prize of the newspaper Aftonbladet 1983
  • Winter price of Samfundet De Nio 1993
  • Erik Lindegren Prize 1994
  • Aniara - Award 1994
  • Poetry Prize of Gustaf Fröding Society 1996
  • Literature Prize of the Nordic Council in 2003
  • Gerard Bonnier lyrikpris 2005
  • Bellman Prize 2005
  • Culture Prize of the Municipality of Kristianstad 2009
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