Karin Tidbeck
Karin Margareta Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction. Tidbeck debuted with the short story collection Vem är Arvid Pekon? In 2010, followed by the novel Amatka in 2012.
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- Name
- Karin Tidbeck
- Born
- 6 April 1977
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- literature · creative writing · translation · poetry
- Languages
- Swedish · English
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Karin Margareta Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction. Tidbeck debuted with the short story collection Vem är Arvid Pekon? In 2010, followed by the novel Amatka in 2012.
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Their first work in English, the short story collection Jagannath, was published in 2012 by Cheeky Frawg to favorable reviews, with Gary K. Wolfe describing Tidbeck as "one of the most distinctive new voices in short fiction since Margo Lanagan". The collection made the shortlist for the 2012 James Tiptree Jr. Award and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. The short story "Augusta Prima", originally written in Swedish, was translated into English by Tidbeck who won a Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award (2013) in the Short Form category. The English translation of Amatka was published in 2017. Tidbeck uses the personal pronouns they/them.
Swedish writer Karin Tidbeck at Archipelacon 2015.
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• Name — Karin Tidbeck • Born — 6 April 1977 • Occupation — Writer • Language — Swedish, English • Genre — Fantasy, weird fiction • Website — http: karintidbeck.com/
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• Vem är Arvid Pekon? ("Who is Arvid Pekon?"), Man Av Skugga, 2010,. In Swedish. • Amatka, Mix, 2012,. In Swedish. Published in English in 2017. • Jagannath, Cheeky Frawg, 2012,. In English. • Mage: The Ascension – Refuge, White Wolf Entertainment, 2017. In English. Interactive fiction video game. • The Memory Theater, 2021. In English. • Kosmos til Kisel ("Cosmos to Silicon"), Kraxa förlag, 2024. In Swedish. • Gruvmaja ("Mine-Wife"), Kraxa förlag, 2024. In Swedish.
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- 1.VanderMeer, Jeff. An Overview of International Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2010. Locus. 13 April 2011.
- 2.Barron, Natania. Karin Tidbeck's Jagannath: Weird in All the Right Ways. WIRED. 9 November 2012.
- 3.Cheuse, Alan. 'Jagannath' Stories Are Weird In A Good Way. NPR. 31 October 2012.
- 4.Wolfe, Gary K. Gary K. Wolfe reviews Karin Tidbeck. Locus. 14 November 2012.
- 5.SF&F Translation Award Winners. Locus. 26 August 2013.
- 6.Tidbeck, Karin. Press kit.
- 7.Chalk, Andy. World of Darkness Preludes tells interactive tales of Vampires and Mages. PC Gamer. Future US. 2017-02-17.
- 8.Kosmos till Kisel.
- 9.GRUVMAJA – en novell av Karin Tidbeck.
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