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Kristina Lugn, writer, playwright and lifelong member of the Swedish Academy is dead. She was found deceased in her apartment on Saturday.
Academy member and author Per Wästberg expressed dismay when he was unable to find his friend.
– We exchange emails literally every day for several years. When I didn’t hear from her now in a few days, I became very concerned and contacted her daughter, Per Wästberg tells TT.
She describes Kristina Lugn as one of her closest friends, someone she will miss incessantly.
– He was a genius in the operation and a fan. Such a tremor without plan in language and reality. I will remember that I asked him every Thursday at the meeting what had happened, why disaster had happened. She had been robbed on a bridge in the old town, she lost her key and was trapped in an elevator. She was so distracted and forgot things. But she still managed somehow. She was like an inconsolable girl who moved and put together a reality that became her property, Per Wästberg tells TT.
Mats Malm: a fabulous member
Swedish Academy Permanent Secretary Mats Malm received information about Kristina Lugn’s departure on Saturday afternoon.
– It is a great loss, of course, she was a fabulous member and a person that I am incredibly grateful to have met. It was only in the last few years that we got closer to each other. But she was a completely unique person who gave new perspectives on all kinds of different topics, Mats Malm tells GP.
What did she contribute to the Academy?
– Many things, among other things, she was an incredible reader. There she was a great asset to the Nobel Committee.
Did you have any relationship with her as a poet?
– I have always loved her very much, as a writer and as a person. She had a character of her own.
The stranger who became popular
Victoria Greve, editor of ideas and criticism of the Gothenburg Post, describes Kristina Lugn as a stranger who became popular.
– Her poems were often about women who were a bit out of the ordinary and trying to fit in. Often a little fun, with a black hue. Today, you could say that pop artist and writer Annika Norlin is an heiress.
The former head of culture and literary critic at GP, Mikael van Reis, remembers Kristina Lugn as one of the great personalities of Swedish literature, in the same tradition as the poet Sonja Åkesson.
– She had her own voice as a poet, which is ironically very interesting when she invents Swedish society with its gender roles and ideologies. He had a good eye for it. Nor should you forget his efforts as a playwright. For many years he directed the Brunnsgatan Fyra Theater and wrote his own drama because he was so brave. Also, it was a lot of fun talking to her when I visited the Academy.
Peter Englund: so warm at heart
Author and historian Peter Englund writes on Instagram about Kristina Lugn:
“Dear Kristina, no other member could make me so happy, so excited, so confused, so inspired, so walking, so perplexed, so lively, so warm in my heart. There is no one I quote to as often as you do.”
Culture Minister Amanda Lind (MP) comments on Kristina Lugn’s departure on Twitter:
“Reached the message that Kristina Lugn has passed away. A great poet and playwright, with words that came. Incredibly sad to hear, my thoughts are with her close by.”
Obtained by the message that Kristina Lugn passed away. A great poet and playwright, with words that came. Incredibly sad to hear, my thoughts are with her close.
– Amanda Lind (@amandalind_)
May 9, 2020
Growing up in Skövde – and Stockholm
Kristina Lugn was born in November 1948 in Tierp, on the outskirts of Uppsala, and grew up in Skövde, where her father was an officer in the Armored Regiment. Later, during her childhood, Kristina Lugn moved to Stockholm. She is the mother of the playwright Martina Montelius.
His debut as a poet came in 1972 with the collection of poems “If I Don’t”. In total, he has published ten collections of poetry. His breakthrough came in 1983 with the book “Familiarity with an Older Educated Gentleman Wanted” and the following year the volume of the “Calm only Calm” collection was released.
In 2006 she was chosen for the Swedish Academy. He assumed chair number 14 after Lars Gyllensten. She retained her place at the Academy until her death.
Artistic director for the Brunnsgatan Fyra theater
Starting in the 90s, his main focus was drama and after Allan Edwall’s death in 1997 he took over Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, where he was artistic leader until 2011. There, several of his own works have been created. , and has also played in Dramatic Theater.
Among her most famous pieces are “Aunt Blomma”, “Idlaflickorna”, “Look at a moose!” and “Women in Swan Lake”.
In 2014, he was awarded the Karamelodikt scholarship. She obtained this with motivation: “For her, with her peculiar sense of beauty in the incomprehensible, humorous and drastic, it is reflection and commitment. With the poet’s sentiment and to our delight and intoxication, she manages to make us understand the Swedish language better. “
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