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Carl-Johan Vallgren

Carl-Johan Vallgren

Swedish author, singer and musician (born 1964)

Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren (born 26 July 1964, in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish author, singer and musician. He won the August Prize in 2002 for the novel Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia, which was published in English translation as The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot.[1]

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Personal life

Vallgren is of Finnish descent through his mother who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.[2]

Bibliography

  • Nomaderna (1987)
  • Längta bort (1988)
  • Fågelkvinnan (1990)
  • Berättelser om sömn och vaka (1994)
  • Dokument rörande spelaren Rubashov (1996)
  • För herr Bachmanns broschyr (1998)
  • Berlin på 8 kapitel (1999)
  • The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot (2002)
  • Kunzelmann och Kunzelmann (2009)
  • Havsmannen (2012)
  • Sviven, Eng: The Tunnel
  • Skuggpojken, (2014) Eng: The Boy in the Shadows (2015)
  • The Merman (2017)

References

  1. [1]
    "Augustpriset genom åren | Augustpriset". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "August-palkittu menestyskirjailija Carl-Johan Vallgren suunnittelee kirjaa sotalapsiäitinsä elämästä" (in Finnish). Sveriges Radio. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2019. Carl Johan Vallgrenin äiti lähetettiin kolmivuotiaana sotalapseksi Ruotsiin jatkosodalta suojaan.
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