Amanda Svensson
{{short description|Swedish author (born 1987)}}
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Amanda Sofia Svensson (born 5 June 1987) is a Swedish author of novels.{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/briljant-sprak-fangar-lasaren|title=Briljant språk fångar läsaren|work=Svenska Dagbladet|accessdate=26 September 2015}} Her fourth novel, A System so Magnificent it is Blinding, was translated into English.
Biography
Born in Arlöv as the daughter of journalist {{ill|Per Svensson (journalist)|sv|lt=Per Svensson}} and Ann-Sofie Svensson, she grew up in Malmö. She started writing at a young age and at seventeen she reached the final of Lilla Augustpriset. She got her education at writing at Fridhems folkhögskola in Svalöv between 2006 and 2008 and studied from 2011 literature and French at Lund University.
Amanda Svensson debuted as an author in 2008 in the published Hey Dolly.{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/ung-angest-skildrad-med-glatt-humor|title=Ung ångest skildrad med glatt humör|author=Annina Rabe|work=Svenska Dagbladet|accessdate=26 September 2015}} Her second book Välkommen till den här världen was nominated to Augustpriset in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bokrecensioner/amanda-svensson-valkommen-till-den-har-varlden/|title=Amanda Svensson: "Välkommen till den här världen"|work=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=26 September 2015}}
Om 17 August 2012, Svensson presented an episode of the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1.[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/116727?programid=2071 Amanda Svensson Sommar i P1] Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
Bibliography
- 2008 – Hey Dolly, Norstedts {{ISBN|9789113064208}}
- 2011 – Välkommen till den här världen
- 2014 – Allt det där jag sa till dig var sant
- 2019 – Ett system så magnifikt att det bländar
- 2023 – Själens telegraf
Works in English translation
- 2022 – A System so Magnificent it is Blinding (Ett system så magnifikt att det bländar), translated by Nichola Smalley
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