Ingela Strandberg


Ingela Strandberg is a Swedish poet, children's writer, novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and musician. She gained recognition with her novel Mannen som trodde att han var Fritiof Andersson in 1983.

Biography

Born in Grimeton near Varberg in the Halland region of southern Sweden, her poetry frequently evokes her home landscape. Her most recent publication is Den stora tystnaden vid Sirius nos published in 2014. Strandberg has also shown interest in music with her CD "Låt dom aldrig ta dig" released in 2000. She has even been a screenwriter, creating Blank päls och starka tassar for television in 1993. She embarked on her literary career in 1974, concentrating mainly on poetry, some of which has been translated into English and French.

Works

In December 2014, Strandberg was awarded the Swedish Academy's Bellman Prize for her outstanding contribution to Swedish poetry. She had already received the Dobloug Prize in 2009.