Linda Boström Knausgård (born 15 October 1972 in

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) is a Swedish author and poet. She debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection ''Gör mig behaglig för såret''. Her critical breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection ''Grand Mal''. Her first novel, ''Helioskatastrofen'', was released in 2013.

Literary career

Boström Knausgård debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection ''Gör mig behaglig för såret''. Her breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection ''Grand Mal'' which consists of twenty short, intense and tight prose texts in a dark mode. Boström Knausgård suffers from a

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. Her disorder was the subject of a radio documentary, titled ''Jag skulle kunna vara USA:s president'', which she produced for

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in 2005. In 2013, her third book, the novel ''Helioskatastrofen'', was released. In January 2013 she began writing chronicles for the regional newspaper '' Ystads Allehanda''.

Personal life

Boström Knausgård was married to the Norwegian author

Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...

until November 2016. They lived in the

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-region in southeastern

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and have four children. She is the daughter of actress Ingrid Boström.

Bibliography

*1998: ''Gör mig behaglig för såret'' *2011: ''Grand Mal'' *2013: ''Helioskatastrofen'' **2015: ''The Helios Disaster'' (in English translation by Rachel Willson-Broyles) *2016: ''Välkommen til Amerika'' *2019: ''Oktoberbarn'' **2021: ''October Child'' (in English translation by

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bostrom Knausgard, Linda 1972 births Living people People from Nacka Municipality Swedish women short story writers Swedish short story writers Writers from Uppland Swedish poets Swedish women poets Swedish women novelists