Lena Andersson

1970 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Sweden

native language: Swedish

languages spoken, written or signed: Swedish

educated at: Stockholm University

occupation: writer, journalist, literary critic

award received: Ingemar Hedenius Prize, August Prize, Guldpennan, Author of the Year, Lagercrantzen

Lena Andersson (born 18 April 1970) is a Swedish author and journalist. She won the August Prize in 2013 for the novel Wilful Disregard. In the same year, the same book won her the Literature Prize given by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Source: Wikipedia (en)