Göran Tunström

Göran Tunström
Göran Tunström
	Göran Tunström around 1960
Born	14 May 1937; Karlstad, Sweden
Died	5 February 2000 (aged 62); Stockholm
Occupation	Writer
Period	1960–2000
Genre	Biography, novel, poem, short story
Literary movement	Modernism
Notable works	The Christmas Oratorio; The Thief;
Spouse	Lena Cronqvist
Children	Linus

Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his The Christmas Oratorio was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public. He participated in the Oslo International Poetry Festival.

He was married to artist Lena Cronqvist, and was the father of theatre and film director Linus Tunström.

Biography

Tunström was raised in Sunne, Värmland County.[1] He made his debut with the poetry collection Inringning in 1958.[1] In the late 1950s, he lived on the Greek island of Hydra and became friends with Leonard Cohen and the Norwegian author Axel Jensen.

Sunne, the author's home town, plays an important role in his works. Swedish as well as international celebrities appear in the town and take part in the story. The cover paintings of his first two books about Sunne (De heliga geograferna and Guddöttrarna) are made by the painter Tage Åsén from the same town.

In 1983, Tunström made his breakthrough with The Christmas Oratorio.[1] The Christmas Oratorio was adapted into a film version in 1996. His last novel, Berömda män som varit i Sunne, won the August Prize in 1998.[1]

Göran Tunström died in his home in Stockholm 5 February 2000.[1]

Selected works

Inringning (poetry collection, 1958)
Karantän (novel, 1960)
Maskrosbollen (novel, 1962)
De heliga geograferna (novel, 1973)
Guddöttrarna (novel, 1975)
Prästungen (novel, 1976)
The Letter from the Wilderness (Swedish: Ökenbrevet, novel, 1978)
The Christmas Oratorio (Swedish: Juloratoriet, novel, 1983)
The Thief (Swedish: Tjuven, novel, 1986)
Glittering (Swedish: Skimmer, novel, 1996)
Berömda män som varit i Sunne (novel, 1998)

References

"Aftonbladet nyheter: Göran Tunström förd till sista vilan". aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse 2016: Songs and Formulae – Katarina Frostenson 2017: Memories of Love – Kirsten Thorup 2018: Hotel Silence – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2019: Efter Solen – Jonas Eika
List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

August Prize for Best Fiction
Best book (1989–1991)	1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
1990s	1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
2000s	2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
2010s	2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson