Lotta Lotass

{{Short description|Swedish writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Lotta Lotass

| image = Lotass.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Lotta Lotass in 2006.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gagnef, Sweden

| birth_name = Britt Inger Liselott Hellberg

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = University of Gothenburg

| nationality = Swedish

| language = Swedish

| notableworks =

| spouse =

| children =

| awards = {{unbulleted list|Aftonbladet Literary Award (2001)|Eyvind Johnson Award (2004)|Selma Lagerlöf Prize (2014)|De Nio's Special prizes (2017)}}

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| module = {{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes

| office = Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 1)

| termstart = 20 December 2009

| termend = 7 May 2018

| predecessor = Sten Rudholm

| successor = Eric Michael Runesson

}}

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Britt Inger Liselott "Lotta" Lotass Hagström (born 28 February 1964) is a Swedish writer. She holds a PhD of Comparative literature from the University of Gothenburg, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lotass made her literary debut in 2000, and two years later published her doctoral dissertation on Swedish writer Stig Dagerman. On 6 March 2009, Lotass was officially announced to succeed late Sten Rudholm at Seat No.1 at the Swedish Academy.[http://www.svenskaakademien.se/web/Ny_ledamot_i_Svenska_Akademien_1.aspx Ny ledamot av Svenska Akademien] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413011533/http://www.svenskaakademien.se/web/Ny_ledamot_i_Svenska_Akademien_1.aspx |date=2009-04-13 }}, Swedish Academy, 6 March 2009. Lotass took her seat on the 18-member assembly on 20 December 2009.[https://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_2562265.svd Tar plats i akademien], Svenska Dagbladet, 6 March 2009.

In an interview in November 2017, Lotass said that she considered herself an inactive member and that she had not had any contact with the Swedish Academy since September 2016.[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bocker/lotta-lotass-lamnade-svenska-akademien-for-tva-ar-sedan/ Lotta Lotass lämnade Svenska Akademien – för två år sedan], Dagens Nyheter, November 25, 2017. She formally resigned in May 2018.{{cite news|last1=Andersson|first1=Elisabet|title=Fyra personer får lämna Akademien|trans-title=Four persons have been granted permission to leave the Academy|url=https://www.svd.se/till-svd-fyra-personer-lamnar-akademien|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=Svenska Dagbladet|publisher=Svenska Dagbladet}}