Ellen Mattson

Ellen Mattson
Born	(1962-09-22) 22 September 1962 (age 61) Uddevalla, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Awards	Dobloug Prize (2009) Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2011)
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 9)
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2019
Preceded by	Jayne 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

• Truman Capote och faktaromanen (Examensarbete vid Högskolan i Borås) 1989
• Nattvandring 1992
• Vägen härifrån 1994
• Resenärerna 1998
• Poetens liv 1999
• Snö 2001 (en historisk roman som utspelar sig i tidigt 1700-tal)
• Splendorville 2004
• Arves hus 2005
• Glädjestranden 2008
• Vinterträdet 2012

References

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Swedish Academy

"[T]o work for the 'purity, vigour and majesty' of the Swedish language"

Current
members

1. Eric M. Runesson
2. Bo Ralph
3. David Håkansson
4. Anders Olsson
5. Ingrid Carlberg
6. Tomas Riad
7. Åsa Wikforss
8. Jesper Svenbro
9. Ellen Mattson
10. Peter Englund
11. Mats Malm (permanent secretary)
12. Per Wästberg
13. Anne Swärd
14. Steve Sem-Sandberg
15. Jila Mossaed
16. Anna-Karin Palm
17. Horace Engdahl
18. Tua Forsström

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