Ulf Eriksson (born 1958) is a Swedish writer and literary critic.

Biography

He made his literary debut in 1982, with the

poetry collection A poetry collection is often a compilation of several Poetry, poems by one poet to be published in a single Volume (bibliography), volume or chapbook. A collection can include any number of poems, ranging from a few (e.g. the four long poems in ...

''Varelser av gräs''. Further books include the essay collection ''Rum för läsande'' from 1990, the poetry collection ''Rymdens vila'' (2002), the short story collection ''Beröring under oväder'' (2003), the

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

''Varelser av glas'' (2005), and the poetry collection ''Om dagars genomskinlighet'' (2006). He was awarded the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

in 1998, shared with

Klas Östergren Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel ''Gentlemen'' in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, su ...

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* 1958 births Living people Swedish poets Swedish novelists Swedish short story writers Dobloug Prize winners {{Sweden-writer-stub