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Ola Larsmo
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Name
Ola Larsmo
Role
Editor
Education
Uppsala University
Books
Stjarnfall. Om sf
Ola Larsmo was born in 1957 in Sundbyberg and has lived in Västervik for ten years. He studied at Uppsala University, mainly in North Germanic languages, literature, theology and history.
Larsmo was editor of BLM from 1984 to 1990, and now works as writer and freelance critic, mainly in Dagens Nyheter. He was a member of the board at Författarförbundet ("Authors association") until May 2003. As of 2011, he is living in Uppsala.
In 2008 he was awarded the Bjørnson Prize.
Books
Vindmakaren ("The wind maker"; In Fyra kortromaner, 1983)
Fågelvägen ("As the bird flies"; novel, 1985)
Engelska parken ("The English park"; novel, 1988)
Odysséer (essays, 1990),
Stumheten ("The dumbness"; short stories, 1981),
Himmel och jord må brinna ("Heaven and earth will burn"; historic novel, 1993, paperback 1995),
Maroonberget ("The Maroon Mountain"; novel, 1996),
net.wars (debate book about IT and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 1997, paperback 1999).
Joyce bor inte här längre, ("Joyce doesn't live here any more"), a book about Irish literature written with Stephen Farran-Lee (1999).
Norra Vasa 133 (novel, 1999)
Andra sidan ( "The other side", literary essays, 2001).
En glänta i skogen ("A glen in the forest", novel, 2004)
404 (debate on the Internet and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 2005)
Djävulssonaten ("The devil's sonata", essays on Swedish antisemitism during World War II, 2007)
Jag vill inte tjäna ("I don't want to serve", novel, 2009)
Förrädare ("Deceit", novel, 2012)
101 historiska hjältar ("101 human rights' heroes", with Brian Palmer, 2013)
