Occupation Journalist, writer Role Journalist | Name Jonas Jonasson Nationality Swedish | |
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Born Per Ola Jonasson July 6, 1961 (age 62) Vaxjo, Sweden ( 1961-07-06 ) Notable works The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Books The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Movies The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Nominations European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film Similar People Felix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson, Malte Forsell | ||
Education University of Gothenburg | ||
THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW... by Jonas Jonasson | BOOK REVIEW
Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson (born Per Ola Jonasson; 6 July 1961) is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
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- THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW by Jonas Jonasson BOOK REVIEW
- Jonas Jonasson
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
Jonas Jonasson
Personal life
The son of an ambulance driver and a nurse, Jonasson was born and raised in Växjö in southern Sweden. After studying Swedish and Spanish at the University of Gothenburg, Jonasson worked as a journalist for the Växjö newspaper Smålandsposten, and for the Swedish evening tabloid Expressen, where he remained until 1994. In 1996, he founded a media company, OTW, which grew to 100 employees. He stopped working in 2003, after having two major back operations and being overworked. He later sold his company.
In 2007 he completed his first book The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It was published in Sweden in 2009. Since 2010, Jonas Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.
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