WRITER

Sara Stridsberg

1972 - Today

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Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, Happy Sally, was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakthrough came with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams/Valerie in 2006. The novel received the Nordic Council Award in 2007, and was nominated to the Man Booker award when published 2019 in the UK and US. Her novels are today translated into 25 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Sara Stridsberg is the 6,938th most popular writer (down from 6,692nd in 2024), the 1,362nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,287th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sara Stridsberg ranks 6,938 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Krauthammer, Roya Hakakian, Laurie Lee, Koenraad Elst, Valerie Plame, and Lutz Seiler. After her are Russell Hoban, Conrad Richter, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Arabella Kiesbauer, Ayu Utami, and David Ignatius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sara Stridsberg ranks 735. Before her are Anton Vaino, Grazia Zafferani, Anders Aukland, Xavier Giannoli, Dylan Bruno, and Jozef Stümpel. After her are Søren Colding, Phil O'Donnell, Rayveness, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Gabriel Garko, and Nani Roma.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sara Stridsberg ranks 1,362 out of 1,879. Before her are Anette Norberg (1966), Robert Lindstedt (1977), Henok Goitom (1984), Robert Hedin (1966), Danny Saucedo (1986), and Anna Kinberg Batra (1970). After her are Kajsa Ernst (1962), Markus Näslund (1973), André Myhrer (1983), Henrik Zetterberg (1980), Johan Wiland (1981), and Agneta Eriksson (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Sara Stridsberg ranks 99. Before her are Helena Norberg-Hodge (1946), Sonja Åkesson (1926), Rick Falkvinge (1972), Klas Östergren (1955), Camilla Grebe (1968), and Kristina Ohlsson (1979). After her are Lena Andersson (1970), Lotta Lotass (1964), Jonas Hassen Khemiri (1978), Simon Stålenhag (1984), and Sara Bergmark Elfgren (1980).

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