Nina van den Brink explained

Nina Margita van den Brink (born 6 September 1966) is a Finnish-Swedish author and journalist. She won the August Prize in 2022.[1]

Born in Porvoo, van den Brink studied literature, film studies, French, economics, statistics, sociology and journalism. She has worked as a journalist with several Swedish publications including Dagens industri, Expressen, Computer Sweden, Internetworld and Situation Sthlm. Since 2016 she has worked for Fokus[2] where she became culture editor in 2018.[3]

In 2022, van den Brink published the book Jag har torkat nog många golv, a biography of Maja Ekelöf.[4] Göran Greider wrote that van den Brink managed to create a rare realistic sense of presence. He believed that the biography has prospects of becoming a classic like Ekelöf's debut book "Report from a Scouring-Pale" (Swedish: Rapport från en skurhink) (1970).[5] For the book, van den Brink was awarded the August Prize for fiction in 2022.[6]

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  1. https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/71e65ebd-456f-4ca1-ad4a-ac33574c5197 Hon är finlandssvenskan som också vann Augustpriset i år
  2. https://www.dagensmedia.se/medier/tidskrifter/johan-hakelius-varvar-nina-van-den-brink-till-fokus-6249571 Johan Hakelius värvar Nina van den Brink till Fokus i Dagens Media den 29 januari 2016
  3. https://www.fokus.se/2018/06/nina-van-den-brink-ny-kulturredaktor/ Leon Nudel: Nina van den Brink ny kulturredaktör
  4. https://www.svt.se/kultur/recension-maja-ekelof-skurhink-biografi-nina-van-den-brink ”Biografin om Maja Ekelöf är en fantastisk berättelse”
  5. Web site: ”En sällsamt realistisk närvarokänsla” - Göran Greider läser biografin över Maja Ekelöf, ”Jag har torkat nog många golv” och anar en ny klassiker.. 2023-05-18. 2022-04-03. Arbetarskydd. Göran Greider.
  6. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/augustpris-till-nina-van-den-brink-for-arets-fackbok Augustpris till Nina van den Brink för årets fackbok