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Fabian Kastner (born 1977) is a Swedish writer and literary critic. 
Kastner caused a commotion in 2006 with his debut novel ''Oneirine'', which turned out to be a literary experiment too far for the majority of critics: the book consisted exclusively of unattributed, pasted-together quotes from one thousand works of world literature. By doing so, Kastner wanted to discuss the issue of whether originality is possible in literature. The book was later turned into a library artwork at Bonniers Konsthall, a venue for Swedish and international contemporary art in the centre of Stockholm.
In ''Lekmannen'' ("The Layman", 2013), Kastner took as his starting point a theological essay on madness, ''Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken'' (''Memoirs of My Nervous Illness'') by Daniel Paul Schreber, from 1903, creating from it a hallucinatory literary fantasy. Schreber was a German lawyer who spent long periods of his life in various mental hospitals, and Kastner allows the reader to enter into his paranoid universe, a claustrophobic space in which concepts such as madness and sanity are twisted, turn after turn.
In 2017, Kastner returned to the gallery space of Bonniers Konsthall to write a book from start to finish in twenty-four hours. The resulting novella, ''Archive of the Average Swede'', was published in English as the fourth title of Cabinet Books’ experimental “24-Hour Book” series. The book considers a project initiated by Sweden’s National Archive in the early 1980s designed to fully record the life of a typical citizen. The selected citizen, however, turned out to be a very different figure than what the archive had hoped for.Archive of the Average Swede by Fabian Kastner
accessed 2018-01-15 Kastner is a regular contributor to the Swedish daily newspaper
Official website
Author on Albert Bonniers Förlag
Swedish Book Review – A review in English of ''Oneirine''
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Kastner caused a commotion in 2006 with his debut novel ''Oneirine'', which turned out to be a literary experiment too far for the majority of critics: the book consisted exclusively of unattributed, pasted-together quotes from one thousand works of world literature. By doing so, Kastner wanted to discuss the issue of whether originality is possible in literature. The book was later turned into a library artwork at Bonniers Konsthall, a venue for Swedish and international contemporary art in the centre of Stockholm.
In ''Lekmannen'' ("The Layman", 2013), Kastner took as his starting point a theological essay on madness, ''Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken'' (''Memoirs of My Nervous Illness'') by Daniel Paul Schreber, from 1903, creating from it a hallucinatory literary fantasy. Schreber was a German lawyer who spent long periods of his life in various mental hospitals, and Kastner allows the reader to enter into his paranoid universe, a claustrophobic space in which concepts such as madness and sanity are twisted, turn after turn.
In 2017, Kastner returned to the gallery space of Bonniers Konsthall to write a book from start to finish in twenty-four hours. The resulting novella, ''Archive of the Average Swede'', was published in English as the fourth title of Cabinet Books’ experimental “24-Hour Book” series. The book considers a project initiated by Sweden’s National Archive in the early 1980s designed to fully record the life of a typical citizen. The selected citizen, however, turned out to be a very different figure than what the archive had hoped for.accessed 2018-01-15 Kastner is a regular contributor to the Swedish daily newspaper
Svenska Dagbladet
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
Bibliography
* ''Medelsvenskens arkiv'' (''Archive of the Average Swede''), Faethon, 2017 * ''Lekmannen'' ("The Layman"), Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2013 * ''Anakronismer'' (''Anachronisms'') (ed. Sara Arrhenius, Magnus Bergh), Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2007 * ''Oneirine'' ("Oneirine"), Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2006Translations in English
* ''Archive of the Average Swede'', Cabinet Books, 2017 * ''Anachronisms'' (ed. Sara Arrhenius, Magnus Bergh), Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2007Honours and awards
* 2013 Awarded by theSwedish Academy
The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III, is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish lang ...
* 2013 Swedish Writers' Union Working Scholarship
* 2007 Albert Bonnier's Fellowship for Younger and Newer writers
* 2007 Swedish Writers' Union Working Scholarship
* 2006 Borås Tidning's Literary Debut Price, shortlisted for ''Oneirine''
References
External links
Official website
Author on Albert Bonniers Förlag
Swedish Book Review – A review in English of ''Oneirine''
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