Anders Olsson (writer)
Anders Olsson | |
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| Born | 19 June 1949 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | literary critic |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 4) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Lars Forssell |
| Permament Secretary of the Swedish Academy (pro temporare) | |
| In office April 2018 – June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sara Danius |
| Succeeded by | Mats Malm |
Anders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
Olsson has written some 15 books on poetry and the history of literature; together with his friend and ally Horace Engdahl he was a key introducer of the work of Jacques Derrida and other post-structuralist thinkers into Swedish literary research and criticism. His doctoral dissertation on Swedish poet and essayist Gunnar Ekelöf was published in 1983 and met with mostly favourable reviews.[1] He was appointed professor of literature at Stockholm University in 2004 and his research interests include the development of modern literature.[2]
Olsson was member of the Kris editorial staff.[3] In 1984 he published his first collection of poems, Dagar, aska.
In February 2008, Olson was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, by secret ballot to succeed poet and writer Lars Forssell who died in 2007,[4] and he formally took his seat in the 18-member assembly on 20 December 2008.
From 13 April 2018 he served as the pro tempore permanent secretary of the Academy, following a controversy when Sara Danius was forced to resign.[5] Anders Olsson then served as the permanent secretary of the Academy between 1 June 2018 and 1 June 2019.[6] He is currently the chairman of the Academy's Nobel Committee for Literature.[7]
Bibliography[edit]
- Mälden mellan stenarna (1981)
- Ekelöfs nej (1983) (doctoral dissertation)
- Intertextualitet (1984)
- Dagar, aska (1984)
- De antända polerna (1986)
- Den okända texten : en essä om tolkningsteori från kyrkofäderna till Derrida (1987)
- Bellerofontes resa (1988)
- Solstämma (1991)
- Den Andra Födan (1992)
- Det vita (1993)
- Ekelunds hunger (1995)
- Att skriva dagen : Gunnar Björlings poetiska värld (1995)
- Gunnar Ekelöf (1997)
- Ett mått av lycka (1998)
- Läsningar av intet (2000)
- Skillnadens konst : sex kapitel om moderna fragment (2006)
- Lars Forssell : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (2008)
- Men så oändligt lätt att svara dig (2010)
- Ordens asyl : inledning till den moderna exillitteraturen (2011)
- Vad är en suck? : en essä om Erik Johan Stagnelius (2013)
- Languages of Exile – Migration and Multilingualism in Twentieth-Century Literature (2013)
- Tankar om läsning (2015)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Anders Olsson : Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien[permanent dead link], press release of 22 February 2008.
- ^ "Stol nr 4 – Anders Olsson". Svenska Akademien (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Stol nr 4 - Anders Olsson | Svenska Akademien".
- ^ Anders Olsson ny ledamot i Svenska akademien [dead link], Dagens Nyheter, 22 February 2008.
- ^ "Sara Danius ersättare: "Samtal med kungen ledde fram till detta"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Anders Olsson Svenska Akademien
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature: How are The Nobel Prize laureates in literature decided Svenska Akademien
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