Eva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in

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) is a

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lyricist, novelist, biographer and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ''Den brinnande zeppelinaren''. Ström trained as a

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and worked in the medical profession 1974-1988 before becoming a full-time author. She was awarded the

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in 2003 for the poetry collection ''

Revbensstäderna ''Revbensstäderna'' (lit. The Rib Cities) is a 2002 poetry collection by Swedish poet Eva Ström. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languag ...

'' ("The Rib Cities"). In January 2010, she was elected a member of the

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. She is the mother of Karin Ström.

Awards

2003 * Jan Smrek Prize 2018, Slovakia

References

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