Kristina Lugn
Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn (Swedish: [krɪsˈtîːna ˈlɵŋːn]; 14 November 1948 – 9 May 2020) was a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy.
Also recorded as Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn
Kristina Lugn

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- Full name
- Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn.
- Born
- 1948. · Skövde.
- Died
- 2020. · Stockholm.
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, poet, literary critic and film director.
- Honours
- De Nio's Special prizes, Tidningen Vi:s litteraturpris, Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize, Sveriges Radio's Poetry Prize, Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award and Expressens Björn Nilsson-pris för god kulturjournalistik.
- Languages
- Swedish.
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Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn (Swedish: [krɪsˈtîːna ˈlɵŋːn]; 14 November 1948 – 9 May 2020) was a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy.
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Kristina Lugn (1948–2020) was a film director, literary critic and playwright, among other activities, of Swedish nationality. The film director was born Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn in Skövde and died in Stockholm.
Kristina Lugn worked for Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra and was a member of Swedish Academy. The film director held the position of seat 14 of the Swedish Academy.
Languages used include Swedish. Honours include De Nio's Special prizes, Expressens Björn Nilsson-pris för god kulturjournalistik and Signe Ekblad-Eldh Award, among others.
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Early life
Early life
The recorded working language is Swedish. Employment is recorded with Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra. Positions recorded include seat 14 of the Swedish Academy. Distinctions recorded are De Nio's Special prizes, Tidningen Vi:s litteraturpris, Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize and Sveriges Radio's Poetry Prize.
Kristina Lugn was born in Tierp and grew up in Skövde where her father, Major-General Robert Lugn, served in the Skaraborg Armoured Regiment, and her mother, Brita-Stina, was a lecturer.
Career
Career
Kristina Lugn published eight collections of poems from 1972 with her debut Om jag inte. She also wrote drama and appeared in other media, for instance hosting the show Oförutsett which was broadcast on SVT in 1987. She hosted the show together with Jörn Donner and Bert Karlsson. After the death of actor Allan Edwall in 1997, Lugn assumed the leadership of his small independent theatre Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, where she also staged several of her own plays. She was art director for the theatre until 2011. Much appreciated by the Swedish audience, she touched on subjects such as loneliness, death and mid-life crises with irony, cynicism and black humour. After 2011 it was run by her daughter, the author Martina Montelius. Some of her poetry has been translated into Serbian by Eleonora Luthander. Several of her plays have also been performed at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre, including Tant Blomma, Idlaflickorna, Titta en älg! and Kvinnorna vid Svansjön. In 2002, Lugn hosted her own live talkshow for guests at Teater Brunnsgatan called Seg kväll med Lugn. Together with author Henning Mankell, Kristina Lugn wrote the novel Tjuvbadarna.
Death
Death
Lugn was found dead in her home on 9 May 2020; the cause of death has not been released.
Selected plays
Selected plays
När det utbröt panik i det kollektiva omedvetna (When Panic Broke Out in the Collective Unconscious) 1986 Titta det blöder (Look It's Bleeding) 1987 Det vackra blir liksom över (The Beautiful Things Is Kind Of Left Out; American title, "The Hour of the Dog"; performed in New York and Edinburgh) 1989 Tant Blomma (Aunt Flower; American title, "Aunt Blossom"; performed in New York) 1993 Idlaflickorna (The Idla Girls) (American title, "The Old Girls at Lake Garda"; performed in New York) 1993 Silver Star (performed in New York) 1995 De tröstlösa (The Inconsolable) 1997 (written with Allan Edwall) Titta en älg (Look A Moose) 1999 Stulna juveler (Stolen Jewels; performed in New York) 2000 Eskil Johnassons flyttfirma (Eskil Johnasson's Mover Business) 2000 Begåvningsreserven (The Talent Reserve) 2002 Kvinnorna vid Svansjön (The Women by The Swan Lake) 2003 Två solstrålar på nya äventyr (Two Sunbeams On New Adventures) 2003 Var är Holger, Harald och Herrman? (Where Are Holger, Harald and Herrman?) 2004 Vera 2005 Det finns ett liv därborta i Vällingby (There Is A Life Over There at Vällingby) 2005 Gråt inte mer, Cecilia. Och inte du heller, Ursula (Don't Cry Anymore, Cecilia. And Not You Either, Ursula) 2005 Katarina den stora (Catherine The Great) 2006 Hjälp sökes (Help Sought) 2013 Hej, det är jag igen (Hi, It's Me Again) 2014 Source:
Kristina Lugn at Övralid 6th of July 2009
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Life and career
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1948
Kristina Lugn born at Skövde.
2020
Kristina Lugn died at Stockholm.
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Skövde.
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Stockholm.
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Awards, distinctions, and music
On 20 December 2006, Lugn was elected into the Swedish Academy to replace Lars Gyllensten in chair 14. She won awards including the Dobloug Prize in 1999, the Selma Lagerlöf literature prize in 1999, the Bellman prize in 2002, the Gustaf Fröding Society's lyrics prize in 2007, and the Övralids prize in 2009. During the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010, a newly composed piece of music called "Vilar glad. I din famn", composed by Lugn was performed. Several known Swedish composers have worked with Lugn's poems including Gabriel Wilczkowski, Bo Ullman, Sven-David Sandström, Kim Hedås and Peter Gullin. On 8 June 2014, Lugn was awarded the Karamelodiktstipendiet.
Selected bibliography
Om jag inte (If I Not) 1972 Till min man, om han kunde läsa (To My Husband, If He Could Read) 1976 Döda honom! (Kill Him!) 1978 Om ni hör ett skott (If You Hear A Gun Shot) 1979 Percy Wennerfors 1982 Bekantskap önskas med äldre bildad herre (Looking For Acquaintance With Educated Older Gentleman) 1983 Lugn bara Lugn (Lugn Just Lugn) 1984 Hundstunden (The Dog Hour) 1989 Samlat lugn (Collected Lugn) 1997 Nattorienterarna (The Night Orienteers) 1999 Hej då, ha det så bra (Good Bye, Have A Great Time) 2003 Source:
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- 1.Jones, Evelyn. "Författaren Kristina Lugn är död ", Dagens Nyheter 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- 2.Chair No. 14 - Information about academy member Kristina Lugn. svenskaakademien.se.
- 3.Poeter.se. Du ska få ett Panoramafönster ~ Kristina Lugn (1948–).
- 4.Lundborg, Beatrice. Kristina Lugn – det sista geniet. Dagens Nyheter. 6 April 2014.
- 5.Ekman, Michel. Kristina Lugn mellan dikt och verklighet. Svenska Dagbladet. 25 November 2010.
- 6.Sundberg, Björn. "Jag är baserad på verkliga personer-ironi och röstgivande i Kristina Lugns författarskap"(recension). Samlaren-tidsskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning, 132 (2011).
- 7.Från hatad till älskad – så blev Kristina Lugn folkkär. Expressen.
- 8.Kristina Lugn: Från Tierp till prinsessbröllop. Dagens Nyheter. 9 May 2020.
- 9.Författaren Kristina Lugn är död. Dagens Nyheter. 9 May 2020.
- 10.Författaren och akademiledamoten Kristina Lugn är död. svenska.yle.fi.
- 11.Författaren Kristina lugn är död – blev 71 år gammal. Expressen. 9 May 2020.
- 12.Svenska Dagbladet. "Författarskapet är min enda räddning från mig själv". 20 April 2014.
- 13.Brunnsgatan Fyra. Om Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra. 2013.
- 14.Lisinski, Tomas. Brunnsgatan Fyra med Lugn. Ny ledning. Kristina Lugn och Edwalls barn inviger med "Nattorienterarna" som hon skrivit själv. Dagens Nyheter. 14 October 1997.
- 15.Hedlund, Tom. Diktogram Dikter med sinnesglädje och estradpoetisk energi. Svenska Dagbladet. 30 January 2008.
- 16.Olsson, Erik. "Helt oersättlig" – så minns vännerna Kristina Lugn. Svenska Dagbladet. 9 May 2020.
- 17.Seg kväll hur läskig som helst. Aftonbladet.
- 18.Kristina Lugn.
- 19.Lugn, Kristina. Nordic Women's Literature.
- 20.Swedish Academy names new jury members for Nobel Prize in literature. Gulf-Times. 19 November 2018.
- 21.Så var musiken vid vigseln. Aftonbladet. 19 June 2010.
- 22.Kristina Lugn mic.se Retrieved 9 May 2020
- 23.Povel Ramel - Sällskapet - Karamelodiktstipendiater. www.povelramelsallskapet.se.
- 24.Kristina Lugn, selektiv bibliografi | Svenska Akademien. svenskaakademien.se.
- 25.Sevärda pjäser av Kristina Lugn. dalademokraten.se. 15 February 2015.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 12
- Om jag inte (If I Not) 1972
- Till min man, om han kunde läsa (To My Husband, If He Could Read) 1976
- Döda honom! (Kill Him!) 1978
- Om ni hör ett skott (If You Hear A Gun Shot) 1979
- Percy Wennerfors 1982
- Bekantskap önskas med äldre bildad herre (Looking For Acquaintance With Educated Older Gentleman) 1983
- Lugn bara Lugn (Lugn Just Lugn) 1984
- Hundstunden (The Dog Hour) 1989
- Samlat lugn (Collected Lugn) 1997
- Nattorienterarna (The Night Orienteers) 1999
- Hej då, ha det så bra (Good Bye, Have A Great Time) 2003
- Kristina Lugn, selektiv bibliografi | Svenska Akademien. svenskaakademien.se.
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