Articles

Charlotte Purkis highlights 1949 as a crucial turning point for Strindberg's reputation in Britain.

A survey of Strindberg-inspired graphic novels and similar works, by Ruth Urbom.

Eric Dickens looks at how one author tests the limits of experimentation and readability.

In this heartfelt essay, Paul Binding reflects upon Selma Lagerlöf’s classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson.

Ruth Urbom and Nichola Smalley report from an afternoon-long translation workshop that explored different strategies for translating Jonas Hassen Khemiri's vivid language into English.

Extract from a personal memoir of Göran Printz-Påhlson (3 March 1931 - 27 July 2006). Written in August 2006 and presented at the memorial event at Clare Hall, 2 June 2010.

Sarah Death reports on a memorial day for Göran Printz-Påhlson, a Swedish poet, essayist, translator and literary critic, in Cambridge.

A tribute to Ragnar Thoursie (1919-2010) – poet and civil servant – who died aged 90 on 12 July 2010.
By Brita Green. Translations by Brita Green and John Charlesworth.

Paul Berf describes Germany's love affair with Swedish literature, led by, but not confined to, its crime fiction.

In this essay Anna Paterson examines the ways in which Kerstin Ekman construes crime, its origins and consequences.

Eric Dickens examines the poetry and prose of Mare Kandre (1962-2005)

To the delight of all the interested parties in Sweden, the Swedish Arts Council (Statens kulturråd) has assumed responsibility for the promotion of Swedish literature at international level. 

Arundhati Deosthale describes the Omnibus of Astrid Lindgren in Hindi currently being prepared.

Željka Černok contributes to our series on how translated Swedish literature fares in other European countries

Philippe Bouquet reflects on the highs and lows of a literary translator’s relations with publishers in France.

In this introductory essay, Maria Antas discusses the publication of an exceptional and extremely diverse collection of novels in the autumn of 2004.