Ellen Mattson | |
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| Born | 22 September 1962 Uddevalla, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Awards | Dobloug Prize (2009) Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2011) |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 9) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jayne Svenungsson |
Ellen Mattson (born 22 September 1962) is a Swedish writer.[1] Her first fictional work to be published in English translation was Snow (2005), a historical novel set in the early 18th century.
She has won several literary prizes, including the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize in 1998, the Dobloug Prize in 2009, and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 2011.
On 28 March 2019, the Swedish Academy elected Mattson as a new member of the academy. She was inducted in December 2019.[2]
- ^ "Ellen Mattson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ "The Swedish Academy elects two new members" (Press release). Swedish Academy. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.