Tom Malmquist

Tom Malmquist
BornMarch 23, 1978
Huddinge, Sweden
OccupationWriter
Poet
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish
GenreLiterary
Non-fiction
Poetry
Notable works
  • I varje ögonblick är vi fortfarande vid liv
  • Fadersmjölken
  • Sudden Death

Tom Malmquist (born March 23, 1978, in Sweden), is a poet and an author. His most notable work is his auto-biographical and award-winning novel In Every Moment We Are Still Alive [I varje ögonblick är vi fortfarande vid liv, 2015].

In the novel, the main character's partner Karin is diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia 33 weeks into her pregnancy. Tom and Karin's daughter Livia is born via cesarean section, but just a week after her birth Karin passes. A few months later, Tom's father also loses the battle against cancer. In Every Moment We Are Still Alive has been called “furiously beautiful”[1] by the Swedish press and received several of the country's most prestigious literary awards, amongst else the Karin Boye Literary Prize (2015) and Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize (2016). Malmquist was additionally shortlisted for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2016).

In Every Moment We Are Still Alive is sold to twenty countries: Germany, France, China, and others. In February 2018, The New York Times listed it as “12 New Books We Recommend This Week.”[2] The New York Times additionally listed the novel as a “100 Notable Books of 2018”[3] title. The Spanish newspaper El País chose it as one of this decade's nine best books about life and death.[4] The Guardian called it “a deeply personal account of loss.”[5]

Malmquist is also a highly acclaimed poet in Sweden. To date he has published two collections of poetry in his homeland, both praised by the Swedish critics.

  1. ^ Kronqvist, Alexandra (25 August 2015). "Livet när inget är sig likt". www.nt.se. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. ^ "12 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times. 8 February 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2018". The New York Times. 19 November 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ^ Constenla, Tereixa (1 November 2017). "9 libros de la muerte que hablan de la vida". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ^ Sansom, Ian (8 June 2017). "In Every Moment We Are Still Alive by Tom Malmquist review – a deeply personal account of loss". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 December 2018.