Andrzej Tichý (born 19 December 1978, Prague, Czech Republic) is a Swedish-Czech-Polish writer who has lived in Malmö, Sweden since 1981. He has written several novels and is regarded as one of the most important novelists of his generation. He has been nominated for the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

and the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

for Best Fiction Book of the Year. His fifth novel, ''Wretchedness'' (2020) published by

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, is his first to be translated into English and focuses on immigrants and the migrant crisis in Sweden. Speaking on the book with '' The Guardian'', Tichý said: ‘From the outside, Sweden was this paradise. But it was never actually true’.

Books

* ''Sex liter luft'' (2005) * ''Fält'' (2008) * ''Karios'' (2013) * ''Omsorgen'' (2015) * ''Wretchedness'' (''Eländet'', 2016) translated by Nichola Smalley, 2020

References

1978 births Swedish novelists Czech emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Polish descent Swedish people of Czech descent Living people Writers from Malmö Writers from Prague {{Sweden-writer-stub