Sara Danius

Sara Maria Danius
Danius in 2017
Born
Sara Maria Danius

(1962-04-05)5 April 1962
Täby, Sweden
Died12 October 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 57)
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materUppsala University
Duke University
University of Nottingham
Stockholm University
Spouse
Stefan Jonsson
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(m. 1989⁠–⁠2010)​
Children1
InstitutionsSwedish Academy
Södertörn University
Uppsala University
Stockholm University
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 7)
In office
20 December 2013 – 26 February 2019
Preceded byKnut Ahnlund
Succeeded byÅsa Wikforss
Permanent Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
In office
May 2015 – April 2018
Preceded byPeter Englund
Succeeded byAnders 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,[1] docent of literature at Uppsala University[2] and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.[3]

Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary.[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ "Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013.
  2. ^ Wiman, Björn (7 March 2013). "DN-medarbetare tar plats i Svenska akademien". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
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