''Drömfakulteten'' (lit. The Dream Faculty) is a 2006 novel by the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

writer

Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...

. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist

Valerie Solanas Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for the ''SCUM Manifesto'', which she self-published in 1967, and for her attempt to murder artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Solanas had a turbulent child ...

. The novel received the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

. In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper ''

Dagens Nyheter ''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Da ...

'', which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers. The English translation, The Faculty of Dreams, by Deborah Bragan-Turner, was nominated in March 2019 for the British Man Booker International Prize.

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2006 Swedish novels Albert Bonniers Förlag books Cultural depictions of Valerie Solanas Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning works Swedish-language novels {{2000s-novel-stub

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