Carl-Johan Vallgren Explained

Carl-Johan Vallgren
Birth Date:	1964 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Linköping
Occupation:	novelist
Notableworks:	The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot

Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren (born 26 July 1964, in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish author, singer and musician. He won the August Prize in 2002 for the novel Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia, which was published in English translation as The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot.^[1]

Personal life

Vallgren is of Finnish descent through his mother who was sent to Sweden as a Finnish war child during World War II.^[2]

Bibliography

• Nomaderna (1987)
• Längta bort (1988)
• Fågelkvinnan (1990)
• Berättelser om sömn och vaka (1994)
• Dokument rörande spelaren Rubashov (1996)
• För herr Bachmanns broschyr (1998)
• Berlin på 8 kapitel (1999)
• The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot (2002)
• Kunzelmann och Kunzelmann (2009)
• Havsmannen (2012)
• Sviven, Eng: The Tunnel
• Skuggpojken, (2014) Eng: The Boy in the Shadows (2015)
• The Merman (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Augustpriset genom åren | Augustpriset. 10 December 2014. 15 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224607/https://www.augustpriset.se/augustpriset-genom-aren?field_vinnare_nominerad=9&field_f_rlag=All&field_man_kvinna=All&field_rtal=All&field_f_rfattares_f_delse_r=All&field_kategori=2&search_api_views_fulltext=. dead.
2. Web site: August-palkittu menestyskirjailija Carl-Johan Vallgren suunnittelee kirjaa sotalapsiäitinsä elämästä . 8 December 2015 . . fi . 21 August 2019 . Carl Johan Vallgrenin äiti lähetettiin kolmivuotiaana sotalapseksi Ruotsiin jatkosodalta suojaan..