Göran Olof Waldemar Hägg (7 July 1947 – 30 September 2015) was a Swedish author, critic and

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in literature science. Hägg grew up in Tallkrogen, south of Stockholm. After graduating from studies in

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at Stockholm University in 1969, and also graduating from the Teachers high school in Uppsala, Hägg worked between 1971 and 1979 as a teacher at Arbetsmarknadsutbidlningen in Stockholm. His experiences there are the background to the satirical novel ''Det automatiska paradiset'', which was published in 1979.Göran Hägg Det automatiska paradiset
Biblioteket Stockholm Retrieved 2 October 2015 His first book release happened before that, in 1972, with the poem collection called ''Ögon''. In 1978, Hägg became a doctor of philosophy with the

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''Övertalning och underhållning. Den svenska essäistiken 1890-1930''; after that he became a docent in literary science at Stockholm University. From 1979, he was the book reviewer for ''Aftonbladet'' and from 1981 also in ''Månadsjournalen'', where he reviewed books until 2002. In 1974, Hägg won the Aftonbladets litteraturpris. And in the 2006/2007 season, he won the television

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'' broadcast on SVT along with singer

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagg, Goran 1947 births 2015 deaths Swedish male writers