Katarina Kieri (born 15 January 1965) is a

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writer. She was born in

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and studied recreation education at the Luleå College of Education. She taught for almost ten years and then took a course in creative writing. In 1993, she published a collection of poetry ''Slutet sällskap'' ("Private Party"). Kieri has also written columns for newspapers and magazines and worked as a radio broadcaster. She has served on the board for the Swedish Writers' Union and for the Swedish Authors' Fund. In 2004, she was awarded the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

for a young adult novel ''Dansar Elias? Nej!'' ("Does Elias Dance? No!"). She received the

Astrid Lindgren Prize The Astrid Lindgren-priset, or Astrid Lindgren Prize in English, is a Swedish literary award for children's literature named after the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The prize was instituted by the publishing house Rabén & Sjögren in 1967 to ...

in 2012 and is now a member of the jury for the Prize. Kieri is married and has two daughters. She lives in Uppsala.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kieri, Katarina 1965 births Living people Swedish women children's writers Swedish children's writers Swedish women poets People from Luleå Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize