Ola Wikander Explained

Ola Wikander (born 8 October 1981) is a Swedish writer, translator and theologian.

Contributions

He has written the book I döda språks sällskap (2006), which is about extinct languages, translations, and among other things, the Babylonian creation story of Enûma Eliš. In May 2008 came his first novel, Poeten och cirkelmakaren, which he has written with his father Örjan Wikander.

Wikander's review of the history of Proto-Indo-European language (2008) has been well received by reviewers in both Svenska Dagbladet^[1] and Dagens Nyheter.^[2] In 2010, Ola Wikander received the Clio Prize. Price motivation sounded "for their commitment to extinct languages and the keys that their vocabulary and development provide to our oldest cultural history".^{[3] [4]}

Education

In June 2012, Wikander defended his doctorate for theology in the subject of the Old Testament exegesis at the Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap (Center for Theology and Religious Studies) at Lund.

Bibliography

• 2003 – Kanaaneiska myter och legender
• 2005 – Enuma elish: det babyloniska skapelseeposet
• 2006 – I döda språks sällskap: en bok om väldigt gamla språk
• 2008 – De kaldeiska oraklen
• 2008 – Poeten och cirkelmakaren
• 2008 – Ett träd med vida grenar: de indoeuropeiska språkens historia
• 2010 – Orden och evigheten
• 2012 – Drought, Death and the Sun in Ugarit and Ancient Israel
• 2012 – Serafers drömmar
• 2014 – Gud är ett verb – tankar om Gamla testamentet och dess idéhistoria
• 2015 – Den trettonde funktionen

Prizes and awards

• 2005 – Letterstedtska award for the translation of Canaanite myths and legends
• 2006 – August Prize
• 2009 – Zibetsk Prize
• 2010 – The Clio Prize

Notes and References

1. Web site: Språket som nyckel till glömda kulturer. Lars Lönnroth. 2008-09-08.
2. [Dan Jönsson]
3. Web site: "Priset 2010 till Ola Wikander" . 2020-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226001057/http://www.clio.se/cliopristagare/ola_wikander.html . 2015-02-26 . dead .
4. http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/mastare-pa-utdoda-sprak_5423957.svd "Mästare på utdöda språk"