''Jan'' Olof Ekström (2 November 1923 in
Falun, Sweden – 17 August 2013) was a Swedish author and adman.
Biography
Jan Ekström has lived in Gislaved but graduated in
Växjö. He studied national economy, Slavic languages, English and statistics in
Lund
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...
, thereafter he studied at the
Handelshögskolan
The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private university, private business school located in city district Vasastan, Stockholm, Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers B ...
in Stockholm. He was in the beginning of the 80's co-owner of the ad firm "Ekström & Lindmark". He has also lived in Paris, France.
As an author Jan Ekström debuted 1961 with "Döden fyller år" ''(The Death's Birthday)'' and the next year he introduced his problem-solver, the red haired and opera loving detective Bertil Durell. For "Träfracken" ''(The wood tuxedo)'' he got Expressens Sherlock-award. Jan Ekström is most famous as an author of mystery novels with complicated intrigue, though he has written romans and articles to trade presses. Jan Ekström was also a member of Svenska Deckarakademin ''(the Swedish Detective Story Academy)''.
The novel ''Ålkistan'' ''(The Eel Chest)'' is claimed to be one of the few Swedish examples of a successful answer on the
locked room mystery.
Magnus Eriksson i Svenska Dagbladet Kultur 16 August 2007
läst 2013-08-20
The novels ''Träfracken'' and ''Morianerna'' also exists in film form.
Bibliography
* Döden fyller år (1961)
* Döden går i moln (1962)
* Träfracken (1963) (Also filmed in 1966)
* Morianerna (1964) (Also filmed in 1965)
* Daggormen (1965)
* Ålkistan (1967)
* Elddansen (1970)
* Sagan om kommunen som ville bygga rationellt (1975)
* Ättestupan (1975)
* Mannen i berget (1979)
* Svarta veckan vid Lycée international de St-Germain-en-Laye (1983)
* Blommor till Rose (1986)
* Uniformen (1987)
* Noveller Julen 1989 (1989)
* Vildfikonträdet (1994)
Prices and awards
* Sherlock-priset, 1963
* Svenska Deckarakademin's Grand Master-diploma, 1997
Sources
Albert Bonniers förlag
Footnotes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrom, Jan (author)
Swedish male writers
1923 births
2013 deaths
Swedish writers