Sara Stridsberg

Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright.

In 2007, she was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for her novel Drömfakulteten (Valerie, or The Faculty of Dreams),[1] which is her second novel and a fictitious story about Valerie Solanas, who wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which Stridsberg has translated into Swedish.

The English translation by Deborah Bragan-Turner was longlisted for the 2019 International Booker Prize.

[2] Svenska Dagbladet called Stridsberg "one of our foremost nature poets" and considered her among the best in contemporary Swedish literature while noting that Stridsberg's novels are always discomforting to read.

[3] In 2016, Stridsberg was elected to the 13th chair on the Swedish Academy previously occupied by Gunnel Vallquist.

Stridsberg is interviewed at Bokmässan in Göteborg , 2014