Elin Cullhed (born 1983) is a Swedish writer, teacher and cultural journalist who won the August Prize for best fiction in 2021 for her book Eufori (Euphoria).
Born in Uppsala, Cullhed has worked as a teacher and cultural journalist for, among other publications, Upsala Nya Tidning.
[1][2][3] Her second book Eufori (Euphoria) from 2021 is a literary fantasy over Sylvia Plath's last years.
She was awarded the August Prize for best fiction in the same year.
The jury cited her "life-affirming and furious prose" that depicts "how a poetic genius wrestles with her existence as a housewife where dreams and desperation breed each other.