Susanna_Alakoski

Susanna Alakoski

Susanna Alakoski

Swedish writer

Jaana Susanna Emilia Alakoski Söderlund (née Alakoski; born 16 May 1962) is a Swedish author, novelist and lecturer. She won the August Prize in 2006 for the novel Svinalängorna.[1] Svinalängorna was filmed in 2010 as Beyond. She researches gender issues and works as a social worker.

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Biography

Born in 1962 in Vaasa, Finland, Alakoski is a Sweden Finn: her parents are Finnish and her mother tongue is Finnish, but she moved to Sweden with her family when she was four years old.[2] She spent her early life in the Fridhem area in Ystad, Sweden.[3] She studied to become a socionom and finished her degree at the age of 23.[4] In 1988, she studied writing at Skurups folkhögskola.[4] Between 1995 and 2003, she worked as a press secretary for the Vänsterpartiet politician Gudrun Schyman.[4]

In 2006, she released her debut novel Svinalängorna. It took the August Prize in 2006. The novel sold over 400,000 copies in Sweden and it has been made into a feature film with the English title of Beyond.[5]

In 2010, she released her second novel, Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset.[6] In 2011, she released her first children's novel, Dagens Harri, which were followed by Guldfisken in 2012 and Dagens skräckis in 2013.[7] She published a diary, Oktober i Fattigsverige in 2012.[8]

She has also been editor for the anthologies Tala om klass, Lyckliga slut, and Fejkad orgasm[9]

Personal life

She is married to Mats Söderlund since 1990.[6] They have three children, Jaana-Kristina, Nilas, Runa.[4]

As of 2014, she lives in Stockholm.

Bibliography – a selection

  • Svinalängorna (2006)
  • Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset (2010)
  • Dagens Harri (2011)
  • Guldfisken (2012)
  • Oktober i Fattigsverige (2012)
  • Dagens skräckis (2013)

References

  1. [1]
    "Augustpriset genom åren". August Priset. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    Rantanen, Janne (30 April 2021). ""Olen nähnyt, mitä köyhyys tekee ihmiselle" – Kirjailija Susanna Alakoski työsti pitkään "Suomi-kirjaansa", josta syntyi neliosainen työläissuvun naisten tarina". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    Sveriges Radio. ""Svinalängorna" en storartad tidskildring". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Press" (PDF). Dagens Arbete.
  5. [5]
    "Beyond". Hepp Films. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Susanna Alakoski". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin.
  7. [7]
    "Dagens skräckis". Alfabeta. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Susanna Alakoski: "Oktober i Fattig-Sverige. Dagbok"". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Bibliografi". Susanna Alakoski. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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