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Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel Gentlemen in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, such as Doblougska priset in 1998 and the grand prize by the literary society , Samfundet De Nio ...
Klas Östergren, född 20 februari 1955 i Stockholm, [ 2] är en svensk författare, manusförfattare och översättare. Han blev 2014 invald i Svenska Akademien, [ 3] men begärde utträde 2018. [ 4] Biografi. Östergren växte upp på Lilla Essingen [ 5] i en familj med fyra barn. Fadern, född 1906, hade flyttat till Sverige från Finland.
Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm in 1955 and is the author of several novels including the landmark Gentlemen (1981) and its sequel, Gangsters (2005). A leading star of Swedish literature for nearly three decades, he has won the Piratenpriset and the Doblougska prize from the Swedish Academy.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm in 1955 and is the author of several novels including the landmark Gentlemen (1981) and its sequel, Gangsters (2005). A leading star of Swedish literature for nearly three decades, he has won the Piratenpriset and the Doblougska prize from the Swedish Academy.
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Gentlemen is the fourth novel by Swedish author Klas Östergren, published in 1980. It was translated into English by Tiina Nunnally in 2007. A film adaptation, Gentlemen, directed by Mikael Marcimain, was released in 2014. Plot summary. The novel is set in the late 1970s Stockholm.
Klas Östergren has 53 books on Goodreads with 15545 ratings. Klas Östergren’s most popular book is Gentlemen.
Klas Östergren (b. 1955) is one of the leading writers of contemporary Swedish literature. He made his debut in 1975 with the novel Attila, and had his great breakthrough five years later with Gentlemen.
