Eva Ström
{{Short description|Swedish writer (born 1947)}}
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| birth_place = Lidingö, Sweden
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| nationality = Swedish
| period = 1977–
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| notableworks = Revbensstäderna
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| children = Karin
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Eva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer, and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Den brinnande zeppelinaren. Ström trained as a physician and worked in the medical profession 1974–1988 before becoming a full-time author.
She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2003 for the poetry collection Revbensstäderna ("The Rib Cities").{{cite web |url=http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/media/literature-prizewinners-1962-2013 |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize. Literature Prizewinners 1962 – 2013 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319235454/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/media/literature-prizewinners-1962-2013/ |archive-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} In January 2010, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[http://kva.se/sv/Nyheter/2010/Fran-teoretisk-magnetism-till-brinnande-zeppelinare--fem-nya-ledamoter-invalda-i-akademien/ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Från teoretisk magnetism till brinnande zeppelinare – fem nya ledamöter invalda i akademien] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214212947/http://kva.se/sv/Nyheter/2010/Fran-teoretisk-magnetism-till-brinnande-zeppelinare--fem-nya-ledamoter-invalda-i-akademien/ |date=14 December 2010 }}, press announcement 3 February 2010 {{in lang|sv}}
She is the mother of Karin Ström.
Awards
- Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2003{{Cite web|year=2003|title=Nordiska rådets litteraturpris 2003 till Eva Ström : viljan att vara i verkligheten = Nordic Council Literature Prize 2003 awarded to Eva Ström : the will to be present in reality|url=https://eige.europa.eu/library/resource/kvinfo.9741924|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 February 2021|website=EIGE}}
- Jan Smrek Prize 2018, Slovakia
References
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Category:People from Lidingö Municipality
Category:Swedish women novelists
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Category:Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
Category:Litteris et Artibus recipients
Category:20th-century Swedish women writers
Category:21st-century Swedish women writers
Category:20th-century Swedish poets
Category:21st-century Swedish poets
Category:Swedish literary critics
Category:Swedish women literary critics
Category:21st-century Swedish physicians
Category:20th-century Swedish physicians
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