Sara Lidman

Writer, born in Missenträsk, NE Sweden. Tuberculosis interrupted her studies at the University of Uppsala, and she took to writing. Her early widely acclaimed novels include Tjärdalen (1953, The Tar Still) and Hjortonlandet (1955, Cloudberry Land). Her writing became more overtly political in the 1960s after her experiences of South Africa, Kenya, and Vietnam, but later, in the important series of novels beginning with Din tjänare hör (1977, Thy Servant Heareth), she returns to her roots and rural life in the north.

Sara Lidman (December 30, 1923 - June 17, 2004) was a Swedish writer.

Born in the village Missenträsk in the northern parts of Skellefteå Municipality, Lidman was raised in the West Bothnian region of northern Sweden.

In connection with her first four novels, she wrote a number of texts with strong political content. After 1977, she wrote five additional novels that dealt with the colonization of northern Sweden.

She was awarded a number of prizes, including the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for her work Vredens barn.

Recipients of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (List)

1962 - Eyvind Johnson | 1963 - Väinö Linna | 1964 - Tarjei Vesaas | 1965 - William Heinesen & - Olof Lagercrantz | 1966 - Gunnar Ekelöf | 1967 - Johan Borgen | 1968 - Per Olof Sundman | 1969 - Per Olov Enquist | 1970 - Klaus Rifbjerg | 1971 - Thorkild Hansen | 1972 - Karl Vennberg | 1973 - Veijo Meri | 1974 - Villy Sørensen | 1975 - Hannu Salama | 1976 - Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson | 1977 - Bo Carpelan | 1978 - Kjartan Fløgstad | 1979 - Ivar Lo-Johansson | 1980 - Sara Lidman | 1981 - Snorri Hjartarson | 1982 - Sven Delblanc | 1983 - Peter Seeberg | 1984 - Göran Tunström | 1985 - Antti Tuuri | 1986 - Rói R. Patursson | 1987 - Herbjørg Wassmo | 1988 - Thor Vilhjálmsson | 1989 - Dag Solstad | 1990 - Tomas Tranströmer | 1991 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää | 1992 - Friða Á. Sigurðardóttir | 1993 - Peer Hultberg | 1994 - Kerstin Ekman | 1995 - Einar Már Guðmundsson | 1996 - Øystein Lønn | 1997 - Dorrit Willumsen | 1998 - Tua Forsström | 1999 - Pia Tafdrup | 2000 - Henrik Nordbrandt | 2001 - Jan Kjærstad | 2002 - Lars Saabye Christensen | 2003 - Eva Ström | 2004 - Kari Hotakainen | 2005 - Sjón | 2006 - Göran Sonnevi