Sara Maria Danius | |
|---|---|
 Danius in 2017 | |
| Born | Sara Maria Danius 5 April 1962 Täby, Sweden |
| Died | 12 October 2019 (aged 57) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Duke University University of Nottingham Stockholm University |
| Spouse |
Stefan Jonsson (m. 1989–2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Institutions | Swedish Academy Södertörn University Uppsala University Stockholm University |
| Thesis | The Senses of Modernism: Technology, Perception and Modernist Aesthetics[1] (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fredric Jameson[2] |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 7) | |
| In office 20 December 2013 – 26 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Knut Ahnlund |
| Succeeded by | Åsa Wikforss |
| Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy | |
| In office May 2015 – April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Englund |
| Succeeded by | Anders Olsson |
Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University,[3] docent of literature at Uppsala University[4] and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.[5]
Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary.[6] She was one of the central figures in the 2018 controversies resulting in the cancellation of the Nobel Prize in Literature that year and the following restructuring of the academy.[7]
- ^ OCLC 38486891
- ^ Orthofer, M.A. (22 December 2014), "Swedish Academy news", The Literary Saloon, archived from the original on 22 December 2014
- ^ "Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013.
- ^ Wiman, Björn (7 March 2013). "DN-medarbetare tar plats i Svenska akademien". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
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