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Kerstin Ekman is a Swedish writer, novelist, and teacher. Born Kerstin Lillemor Hjort in 1933 in Finspång Municipality, she was educated at Uppsala University. She writes in Swedish and is known for her work in prose and detective literature, specifically within the crime literature genre. Her notable works include *Blackwater*, *Gubbas hage*, *De tre små mästarna*, *Häxringarna*, and *Mine herrar*.
Ekman has received several awards, including the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Selma Lagerlöf Prize, Litteris et Artibus, and the Aniara Award. She is a member of the Swedish Academy and Samfundet De Nio. Her literary career includes a body of work comprising 76 titles, with *Harry Martinson* also listed among her top works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 76
Top works
- Gubbas hage
- De tre små mästarna
- Häxringarna
- Mine herrar
- Harry Martinson
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
Discography
- Untitled2012
- Reform2013
- Tessellation Automata2013
- M.S.P.2013
- Nervous2013
- Heimwee2014
- Ratz in the Back2014
- Entropy2014
- Gödelian Argument2015
- Aphasia2015
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41
- Total plays
- 1,111
Kerstin Lillemor Ekman (born 27 August 1933 Risinge) is a Swedish novelist. Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others De tre små mästarna and Dödsklockan) but later went on to psychological and social themes. Among her later works is Mörker och blåbärsris (1972) (set in northern Sweden) and Händelser vid vatten (1993), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel. Elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1978 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kers
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Finspång Municipality
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Notable work
- Blackwater
- Field of work
- detective literature
- Genre
- crime literature
- Image
- Kerstin Ekman 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kerstin Ekman
- date of birth
- 1933-08-27
- member of
- Samfundet De Nio
- birth name
- Kerstin Lillemor Hjort
- floruit
- 2000-01-01
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