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Linnea Axelsson

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Linnea Axelsson

Sweden

Linnea Axelsson was born in the province of North Bothnia in Sweden, and now lives in Stockholm. She studied humanities at Umeå University, where she earned her PhD in art history in 2009. She debuted as a novelist in 2010 and in 2018 won the August Prize for the epic poem Aednan.

Articles by Linnea Axelsson

A close-up of a threaded needle

Photo by Sunbeam Photography on Unsplash

Throwing Voices

By Linnea Axelsson

With this needle she can create anew what would otherwise disappear.

Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel

Two people walk through the snow with the sun rising behind mountains in the distance

Tadeáš Gregor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From “Aednan”

By Linnea Axelsson

What kind of home is it / where no one dares say / our son’s name

Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel

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