Astrid Birgitta Holm (born 4 June 1936) is a Swedish author and professor emerita in literary studies at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

Early life

Holm was born in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Awards

* 2002 - Lotten von Kræmer's Prize * 2004 - Schückska Prize * 2006 - Moa Prize (Moa Martinson Scholarship) * 2020 - The Mårbacka Prize

Personal life

She was a friend of the author

Agneta Klingspor Agneta Klingspor (4 January 1946 – 2 June 2022) was a Swedish author. Her literary debut, ', was published during the Swedish feminist movements of 1977, and was controversial upon release. She published several other books, and wrote art cri ...

, and was at her side when she died in June 2022.

References

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* Living people 1936 births Academic staff of Uppsala University 20th-century Swedish women writers 21st-century Swedish women writers Swedish literary scholars Swedish scientists Swedish-language writers {{DEFAULTSORT:Holm, Birgitta Writers from Stockholm