Håkan Lindquist Explained
| Håkan Lindquist |
| Birth Name: | Gert Håkan Lindquist |
| Birth Date: | 1958 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Oskarshamn, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Håkan Lindquist (28 March 1958 – 15 December 2022) was a Swedish writer.[1]
Biography
Lindquist made his debut in 1993 with the novel Min bror och hans bror, which was translated into several languages and received the Prix littéraire de la Bordelaise de Lunetterie. He also wrote several articles in Scandinavian cultural magazines, as well as short stories published in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, France, Germany, Hungary, and the United States. He wrote the libretto for the opera with music by the composer B. Tommy Andersson.[2]
Lindquist died in Stockholm on 15 December 2022, at the age of 64.[3]
Novels
- My Brother and his Brother[4] (original: Min bror och hans bror, 1993)
- Dröm att leva (1996)
- On collecting stamps[5] (original: Om att samla frimärken, 2003)[6]
- I ett annat land (2006)
- Nära vatten (2010)
- Regn och åska (2011)
- Requiem (2013)
- Tre dagar och två nätter (2013)
- Ariel tjugofyra/sju (2020)
Further reading
- Håkan Lindquist (a portrait with subtitles in French; Youtube, 1film1auteur, 2015)
Notes and References
- News: 16 December 2022. Författaren Håkan Lindquist är död. Swedish. Smålänningen. 18 December 2022.
- News: Helander. Karin. 28 July 2006. Musiken avslöjar kraften i Williams lidelser. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929142253/http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/rec_opera/did_13318868.asp. 29 September 2007. Swedish. Svenska Dagbladet. 18 December 2022.
- Web site: Håkan Lindquist. Ratsit. Swedish.
- https://www.amazon.com/My-Brother-His-H%C3%A5kan-Lindquist/dp/3959852525/ Its page at Amazon's website
- https://www.amazon.com/Collecting-Stamps-Hakan-Lindquist/dp/3867872465/ Its page at Amazon's website
- News: Löfvendahl. Erik. 24 April 2003. Imponerande gestaltning i första vuxenboken. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141246/http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/rec_litteratur/did_8636775.asp. 29 September 2007. Swedish. Svenska Dagbladet. 18 December 2022.
