Berömda män som varit i Sunne
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Author | Göran Tunström |
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Language | Swedish |
Published | 1998 |
Publisher | Albert Bonniers förlag |
Publication place | Sweden |
Awards | August Prize of 1998 |
Berömda män som varit i Sunne (lit. Famous Men Who Have Visited Sunne) is a 1998 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström about Sunne. It won the August Prize in 1998.[1]
Plot
The book is about Stellan Jonsson Lök, a merchant who is commissioned to write a text for an anniversary book. The text should be about famous men who have been to Sunne. Lök, who is also an autograph hunter, begins his work with great enthusiasm, but the more he digs, he soon finds the people behind these famous men. Among other things, the astronaut Ed Odin who comes back to his hometown to bury his mother, the artist Pihlgren who can no longer paint, the priest Cederblom who no longer believes. All the research also leads to Lök starting to find himself.
References
- ^ "Augustpriset genom åren". augustpriset.se. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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- 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin
- 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
- 1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström
- 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman
- 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid
- 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren
- 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer
- 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson
- 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström
- 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
- 2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi
- 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt
- 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren
- 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman
- 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson
- 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm
- 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski
- 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark
- 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist
- 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
- 2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen
- 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed
- 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg
- 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson
- 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg
- 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff
- 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru
- 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson
- 2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla
- 2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren
- 2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed
- 2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg