Anders Olsson (writer) explained

Anders Olsson
Birth Date:19 June 1949
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:literary critic
Nationality:Swedish
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Office:Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 4)
Termstart:20 December 2008
Predecessor:Lars Forssell
Office2:Permanent Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
(pro temporare)
Termstart2:April 2018
Termend2:June 2019
Predecessor2:Sara Danius
Successor2:Mats Malm

Anders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.

Olsson has written some 15 books on poetry and the history of literature; together with his friend and ally Horace Engdahl he was a key introducer of the work of Jacques Derrida and other post-structuralist thinkers into Swedish literary research and criticism. His doctoral dissertation on Swedish poet and essayist Gunnar Ekelöf was published in 1983 and met with mostly favourable reviews.[1] He was appointed professor of literature at Stockholm University in 2004 and his research interests include the development of modern literature.[2]

Olsson was member of the Kris editorial staff.[3] In 1984 he published his first collection of poems, Dagar, aska.

In February 2008, Olson was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, by secret ballot to succeed poet and writer Lars Forssell who died in 2007,[4] and he formally took his seat in the 18-member assembly on 20 December 2008.

From 13 April 2018 he served as the pro tempore permanent secretary of the Academy, following a controversy when Sara Danius was forced to resign.[5] Anders Olsson then served as the permanent secretary of the Academy between 1 June 2018 and 1 June 2019.[6] He is currently the chairman of the Academy's Nobel Committee for Literature.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.svenskaakademien.se/Templates/News1.aspx?PageID=0915a1a3-fdb6-4110-b7d3-6287383bb14c Anders Olsson : Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien
  2. Web site: Stol nr 4 – Anders Olsson. Svenska Akademien. sv. 28 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Stol nr 4 - Anders Olsson | Svenska Akademien.
  4. http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=745419 Anders Olsson ny ledamot i Svenska akademien
  5. News: Sara Danius ersättare: "Samtal med kungen ledde fram till detta". Expressen. 14 April 2018. sv.
  6. https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-academy/chair-no-4-anders-olsson Anders Olsson
  7. https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-nobel-prize-in-literature/How-are-the-nobel-prize-laureates-in-literature-decided The Nobel Prize in Literature: How are The Nobel Prize laureates in literature decided