Jonas Jonasson

Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson
Born	Per Ola Jonasson (1961-07-06) 6 July 1961 Växjö, Sweden
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson (born Per Ola Jonasson; 6 July 1961)^[1] is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.^[2]

Personal life

The son of an ambulance driver and a nurse, Jonasson was born and raised in Växjö in southern Sweden.^[3] After studying Swedish and Spanish at the University of Gothenburg, Jonasson worked as a journalist for the Växjö newspaper Smålandsposten, and for the Swedish evening tabloid Expressen, where he remained until 1994. In 1996, he founded a media company, OTW, which grew to 100 employees. He stopped working in 2003, after having two major back operations and being overworked. He later sold his company.^[3] In 2007, he completed his first book The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It was published in Sweden in 2009.^[3][4][5] Since 2010, Jonas Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.^[3][6]

Awards

• Swedish Booksellers Award (2010).^[7]
• German Pioneer Prize (M-Pionier Preis) from Mayersche Buchhandlung (2011).^[8]
• Danish Audiobook Award (2011).^[8]
• Prix Escapades (2012).^[9]

Bibliography

Jonasson's first novel has achieved worldwide success. Telling the story of the incredible adventures in the life of a centenarian who escapes from a home, it has been translated into some 35 languages, selling over a million copies in Germany and some 3.5 million worldwide.^[6]

• Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 978-91-642-0296-3. (in Swedish)
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, paperback, Hyperion Books, United States, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4013-2464-3.
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (translated by Rod Bradbury), Hesperus Press, London, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84391-372-6.
• Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand (translated by Wibke Kuhn), carl's books, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-58501-6. (in German)
• Le Vieux qui ne voulait pas fêter son anniversaire, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2011. ISBN 9782258086449. (in French)
• Stoletý stařík, který vylezl z okna a zmizel (translated by Zbyněk Černík), Mladá Boleslav, Panteon, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87697-00-9. (in Czech)
• A százéves ember, aki kimászott az ablakon és eltűnt, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2011. ISBN 978-963-293-183-8 (Hungarian)
• Stogodišnjak koji je iskočio kroz prozor i nestao (translated by Marija Popović), Mladinska knjiga Beograd, 2013, ISBN 978-86-7928-398-6 (Serbian)
• Ο εκατοντάχρονος που πήδηξε από το παράθυρο και εξαφανίστηκε, Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2013, ISBN 978-960-496-859-6 (Greek)
• Stulatek, który wyskoczył przez okno i zniknął (translated by Joanna Myszkowska-Mangold), Świat Książki, Warszawa, 2012. ISBN 9788377990612 (in Polish)

Jonasson's second novel, about an orphan from Soweto who by chance becomes involved in international politics, was released on 25 September 2013:

• Analfabeten som kunde räkna, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2013. ISBN 978-91-642-0396-0. (in Swedish)
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, Ecco Press, New York City, 2014. ISBN 978-0-06-232912-7;
• Az analfabéta, aki tudott számolni, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2013. ISBN 9789632932903 (Hungarian)
• L'Analphabète qui savait compter, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2013, ISBN 9782258097063. (in French)
• Η αναλφάβητη που ήξερε να μετρά, Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2014. ISBN 978-618-01-0658-9 (Greek)
• Analfabetka, která uměla počítat (translated by Luisa Robovská), Turnov, Panteon, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87697-36-8 (in Czech)
• Analfabetka, która potrafiła liczyć (translated by Bratumiła Pawłowska-Pettersson), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warszawa, 2015. ISBN 9788328015104 (in Polish)
• သက်တော်ရာကျော်ရှည်စေသော်ဝ် (ဘာသာပြန်=သင့်လူ), (Myanmar)

Jonasson's third novel, which begins with a chance meeting between a hotel desk clerk, a released prisoner and a former priest was released on 23 September 2015:

• Mördar-Anders och hans vänner (samt en och annan ovän), Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2015. ISBN 978-91-642-0477-6. (in Swedish)
• Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All, London, 4th Estate, 2016. ISBN 978-0-00-815207-9.
• L’assassin qui rêvait d'une place au paradis, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2016. ISBN 978-2-258-13353-2. (in French)
• Ο Άντερς ο φονιάς και οι φίλοι του Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2016, ISBN 978-618-01-1642-7 (Greek)
• Gyilkos-Anders és barátai (meg akik nem azok) Budapest, Athenaeum Kiadó, 2015. ISBN 9789632935102 (Hungarian edition)
• Zabiják Anders a jeho přátele (a sem tam nepřítel) (translated by Hana Švolbová), Turnov, Panteon, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87697-50-4
• Anders morderca i przyjaciele (oraz kilkoro wiernych nieprzyjaciół) (translated by Elżbieta Ptaszyńska-Sadowska), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warszawa, 2016. ISBN 9788328027732 (in Polish)

Jonasson's fourth novel, The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man, was published in 2018.^[10]

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