Ellen Mattson
Born (1962-09-22) 22 September 1962 (age 61)
Uddevalla, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
AwardsDobloug Prize (2009)
Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2011)
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 9)
Assumed office
20 December 2019
Preceded byJayne Svenungsson

Ellen Mattson (born 22 September 1962) is a Swedish writer.[1] Her first fictional work to be published in English translation was Snow (2005), a historical novel set in the early 18th century.

She has won several literary prizes, including the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize in 1998, the Dobloug Prize in 2009, and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 2011.

On 28 March 2019, the Swedish Academy elected Mattson as a new member of the academy. She was inducted in December 2019.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "Ellen Mattson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ^ "The Swedish Academy elects two new members" (Press release). Swedish Academy. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
Cultural offices Preceded byJayne Svenungsson Swedish Academy,Seat No 9 2019– Succeeded byincumbent


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