Aase Berg (; born 1967) is a

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. Aase Berg was among the founding members of the Stockholm Surrealist Group in 1986 and published an early book on their publishing company ''Surrealistförlaget'' in 1988. During the late 1990s she emerged as one of the most prominent young poets in Sweden and has since 1997 had several collections of poetry published by various branches of the Bonnier publishing house, the largest and most prestigious in Sweden. Aase Berg made her debut as a prose writer with a short story in the collection ', published on ''Vertigo'', the publishing company of

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, another member of the Stockholm surrealist group. Berg has also been editor of the literary journal

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(commonly known as ''BLM''), has contributed to the journal ''90tal'', later renamed ''00tal'', and is a critic for the newspaper ''

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Awards and honours

*2013

Best Translated Book Award The Best Translated Book Award is an American literary award that recognizes the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction. It was inaugurated in 2008 and is conferred by Three Percent, the onlin ...

, shortlist, ''Transfer Fat''

Selected publications

*' (Stockholm : Bonnier Alba, 1997) *' (Stockholm : Bonnier, 1999) *' (Stockholm : Bonnier, 2002) *Contributed to ', ed. by Viktoria Jäderling (Stockholm: Vertigo 2003) *' (Stockholm: Bonnier, 2005) * ''Remainland: Selected Poems of Aase Berg'', translated by Johannes Göransson (Tuscaloosa: Action Books, 2005) *''With Deer'', translated by Johannes Göransson (Boston: Black Ocean, 2009)

References

External links

Official site of The Surrealist Group in Stockholm

*http://www.actionbooks.org 1967 births Living people Swedish women writers Swedish-language writers Surrealist writers Swedish surrealist artists Women surrealist artists Surrealist artists {{Sweden-writer-stub