Jonas Jonasson
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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Jonas Jonasson

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- Birth Name
- Per Ola Jonasson
- Born
- 6 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Växjö, Sweden
- Occupation
- Journalist, writer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- prose · mass media · television production · journalism
- Education
- University of Gothenburg
- Known for
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
- Honours
- Author of the Year
- Languages
- Swedish
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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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Biography
Biography
Jonas Jonasson studied at University of Gothenburg. The recorded working language is Swedish. The field of work recorded is prose, mass media and television production. Residence is recorded at Gotland and Ponte Tresa. Works named in the authority record are The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. Distinctions recorded are Author of the Year.

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• Birth Name — Per Ola Jonasson • Born — 6 July 1961 • Birthplace — Växjö, Sweden • Occupation — Journalist, writer • Notable Works — The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Biography
Biography
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, Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.
List of works
List of works
Jonasson's first novel, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, has achieved worldwide success. Telling the adventures of a centenarian who escapes from a care home, it has been translated into some 35 languages, selling over a million copies in Germany and over 2.5 million worldwide (as of 2012). Jonasson's second novel,The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, is about an orphan from Soweto who by chance becomes involved in international politics. It was released on 25 September 2013. Jonasson's third novel, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All, begins with a chance meeting between a hotel desk clerk, a released prisoner and a former priest. It was released on 23 September 2015. Jonasson's fourth novel, The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man, was published in 2018. Jonasson's fifth novel, Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd., was published in 2021. Jonasson's sixth novel, The Prophet and the Idiot, was published in 2022.
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Jonas Jonasson is recorded with the occupation television producer. Recorded as journalist, writer and television producer.
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1961
Jonas Jonasson was born on 6 July 1961.
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Jonas Jonasson was born at Växjö.
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Växjö.
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Awards
• Swedish Booksellers Award (2010). • German Pioneer Prize (M-Pionier Preis) from Mayersche Buchhandlung (2011). • Danish Audiobook Award (2011). • Prix Escapades (2012).
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Career and activity. Jonasson worked in prose, mass media, television production and journalism. He worked at Gotland and Ponte Tresa.
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