Tove Alsterdal
Swedish writer
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| Born | (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 (age 63) Malmö, Sweden |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Awards | Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (2014, 2020) Glass Key award (2021) |
Tove Alsterdal (born 28 December 1960) is a Swedish journalist, playwright, screenwriter and crime fiction writer. Her awards include the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award and the Glass Key award.
Career
Alsterdal graduated as journalist from Kalix Folkhögskola [sv] in 1985. She has worked as journalist, playwright and screenwriter, and has been editor of several of Liza Marklund's books. She wrote the script for Helena Bergström's film Så olika [sv] from 2009, and the libretto for Fredrik Högberg's opera Woman of Cain.[1]
She made her crime novel debut in 2009, with Kvinnorna på stranden.[1] Her novel Låt mig ta din hand was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2014.[2] Her novel Rotvälta was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2020,[3] and the Glass Key award in 2021.[4]
Personal life
Born on 28 December 1960 in Malmö, Alsterdal grew up in Stockholm and Umeå.[1] She is a daughter of Alvar Alsterdal [sv] and Elsa Bolin [sv].[5]
References
- ^ a b c Møller, Michael; Andreasen, Rebekka. "Tove Alsterdal". forfatterweb.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Wedding, Gunilla (22 November 2014). "Alsterdal bäst i Sverige". skd.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Tove Alsterdal skrev årets bästa svenska kriminalroman". deckarakademin.org (in Swedish). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Tove Alsterdals "Rotvälta" får Glasnyckeln". deckarakademin.se (in Swedish). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Wopenka, Johan. "Alsterdal, Tove". In Byström, Lars (ed.). Alex (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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Best Swedish Crime Novel Award winners
- 1982: Leif G. W. Persson
- 1983: Ulf Durling
- 1984: Staffan Westerlund
- 1985: Jean Bolinder
- 1986: Staffan Westerlund
- 1987: Olov Svedelid
- 1988: Jan Guillou
- 1989: Kjell-Olof Bornemark
- 1990: Jean Bolinder
- 1991: Henning Mankell
- 1992: Gösta Unefäldt
- 1993: Kerstin Ekman
- 1994: Håkan Nesser
- 1995: Henning Mankell
- 1996: Håkan Nesser
- 1997: Åke Edwardson
- 1998: Inger Frimansson
- 1999: Sven Westerberg
- 2000: Aino Trosell
- 2001: Åke Edwardson
- 2002: Kjell Eriksson
- 2003: Leif G. W. Persson
- 2004: Åsa Larsson
- 2005: Inger Frimansson
- 2006: Stieg Larsson
- 2007: Håkan Nesser
- 2008: Johan Theorin
- 2009: Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
- 2010: Leif G. W. Persson
- 2011: Arne Dahl
- 2012: Åsa Larsson
- 2013: Christoffer Carlsson
- 2014: Tove Alsterdal
- 2015: Anders de la Motte
- 2016: Malin Persson Giolito
- 2017: Camilla Grebe
- 2018: Stina Jackson
- 2019: Camilla Grebe
- 2020: Tove Alsterdal
- 2021: Åsa Larsson
- 2022: Sara Strömberg
- 2023: Christoffer Carlsson
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