Monika Fagerholm

Monika Kristina Fagerholm ( born 1961 in Helsinki ) is a Finland-Swedish author who lives in Finland and writes in Swedish. She lives in Ekenäs in Finland, studied psychology and literature at the University of Helsinki in 1987 and took a degree in social sciences.

Her first book Sham appeared in the same year, the literary breakthrough came in 1994 with the novel Underbara kvinnor vid vatten, who in 1994 was nominated for the most prestigious literary prize in Finland, the Finlandia Prize. In 1995 he was nominated for the August Prize in Sweden, the Prix Aristeion International IMPAC Dublin 1996 and the Literary Award in 1998. 1994 she received the Runeberg Prize. In 1998, Claes Olsson movie to the book premiere.

Fagerholm was awarded the 2005 August Prize for the Amerikanska Flickan ( German: The American girl ).

Works

  • Sham 1987 ( short stories )
  • Patricia 1990 ( short stories )
  • Underbara kvinnor vid vatten 1994 German: Wonderful women in the water
  • Diva 1998
  • The Amerikanska Flickan 2005 German: The American Girl, Munich 2008
  • Glitter scenes of 2009 ( stand-alone sequel to " The American Girls " )

Prices

  • Runeberg Prize in 1995, in Finland
  • Tack för boken - medaljen ( "Thanks - for - the - book - medal " ) 1995 Underbara kvinnor vid vatten
  • August Prize 2005
  • Aniara Prize 2005
  • Göteborgs- item litteraturpris, ( literary prize of the newspaper Göteborgs Posten ) 2005
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