Sara Bergmark Elfgren
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Sara Bergmark Elfgren (born 1980) is a Swedish writer and screenwriter.
Writing
Her first novel, Cirkeln (The Circle), and the sequels Eld (Fire) and Nyckeln (The Key) (known collectively as the Engelsfors trilogy), were written together with Mats Strandberg and published in 2011–2013.{{cite web|title=Sara Bergmark Elfgren|url=http://www.rabensjogren.se/Alfabetiskt/B/Sara-Bergmark-Elfgren/|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|access-date=23 January 2012}} Cirkeln was an August Prize nominee in the youth literature category.{{cite news|title=Nominerade till Augustpriset 2011|url=http://www.dn.se/dnbok/dnbok-hem/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018071202/http://www.dn.se/dnbok/dnbok-hem/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2011|access-date=23 January 2012|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=17 October 2011}} The books have been translated into 25 languages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldofengelsfors.com/the-trilogy/|title=The Engelsfors Trilogy|date=26 March 2013}}
In 2016, Bergmark Elfgren created and wrote the radio mockumentary thriller De dödas röster (Voices of the Dead) which received favourable reviews.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/scenrecensioner/radioteater-de-dodas-roster/ |title=Radioteater: "De dödas röster" |access-date=12 August 2016|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=21 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.skd.se/2016/07/06/en-blivande-radioklassiker/ |title=En blivande radioklassiker |newspaper=Skånska Dagbladet |date=6 July 2016 |access-date=12 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/nöje/veckans-podtips-kärlek-och-mord-i-de-dödas-röster-1.3448149 |title=Veckans podtips: Kärlek och mord i De dödas röster |newspaper=Göteborgs-Posten |date=1 July 2016 |access-date=12 August 2016}} It was nominated to Prix Europa.{{cite press release|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2938&artikel=6508340 |title=Åtta Sveriges Radio-produktioner nominerade till Prix Europa |date=1 September 2016 |publisher=Sveriges Radio}}
Her novel Norra Latin was published in 2017.{{cite web |last=Hedenmo |first=Fanny |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/bok/cirkeln-forfattare-tillbaka-med-ny-bok |title=Cirkeln-författare tillbaka med ny bok |publisher=Sveriges Television |website=svt.se |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=10 August 2018}} It is a supernatural young adult novel set at the Norra Latin secondary school in Stockholm; in the novel, the school was never closed, and it houses a theatre programme where the story's main characters are students.{{cite news | url=http://www.gp.se/kultur/ton%C3%A5rs%C3%A5ngest-och-teaterdr%C3%B6mmar-1.4781465 | title=Tonårsångest och teaterdrömmar | work=Göteborgs-Posten | date=30 October 2017 | access-date=10 August 2018 | author=Sundström, Ulla}}
Together with artist Karl Johnsson she created the graphic novel Vei, the first part of which was published in 2017, an epic fantasy story inspired by Norse mythology.http://grandagency.se/authors/b_elfgren_johnsson/vei.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
Bibliography
= [[Engelsfors|''Engelsfors'' trilogy]] =
= Novels =
- Norra Latin (2017)
- Grim (2021)
= Graphic novels =
- Vei – book 1 (with Karl Johnsson)
- Vei – book 2 (with Karl Johnsson)
References
External links
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{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
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Category:Swedish fantasy writers
Category:Swedish screenwriters
Category:Swedish writers of young adult literature
Category:Swedish women screenwriters
Category:Women writers of young adult literature
Category:Swedish women science fiction and fantasy writers
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