Björn Ranelid
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Born | Per Björn Sigvardson Ranelid (1949-05-21) 21 May 1949 (age 75) Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Lund University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1983– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable work | Synden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | August Prize 1994 Synden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Per Björn Sigvardson Ranelid (born 21 May 1949) is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. He has been living in Stockholm since 1989.
His works have been translated into French, English, German, Norwegian and Finnish.
Biography
Education and teaching career
Ranelid has been a postgraduate student in literature at Lund University. He has taught in literature, Swedish and philosophy on the high school level.[1][self-published source]
Football career
Ranelid played professional football for Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF however only with limited appearances in each club's first team. He started as a youth player in Håkanstorps BK before moving to Malmö FF in his teenage years, Ranelid transferred to Helsingborgs IF in 1970.[2]
Musical career
Ranelid took part in Melodifestivalen 2012 with "Mirakel". The lyrics are by Björn Ranelid himself and music by Fredrik Andersson. The song features Sara Li in vocals. The song reached the Final 10.
Bibliography
- Den överlevande trädgårdsmästaren (1983)
- I glastiden (1985)
- David Hills obotliga minne (1987)
- Mellan mörker och ljus. Erik Höglunds 80-tal (1988)
- Påfågelns längtan (1989)
- Mördarens öga (1990)
- Mästaren (1992)
- Mitt namn skall vara Stig Dagerman (1993)
- Synden (1994)
- I Bögens namn (1994)
- Kärlekens innersta rum (1996)
- Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen (1997)
- Tusen kvinnor och en sorg (1998)
- Min son fäktas mot världen (2000)
- Krigaren (2001)
- David Puma och drottning Silvia (2002)
- Kvinnan är första könet (2003)
- Ord (2003)
- Bär ditt barn som den sista droppen vatten (2004)
- Lustmördarna (2005)
- Hjärtat som vapen (2006)
- Öppet brev till George W Bush: paradisets nycklar hänger i helvetet – en sann berättelse (2007)
- Ansikte av eld (2008)
- I Gift You My Finest Words: Aphorisms and Metaphors in Swedish, French, English and German (2009)
- Kniven i hjärtat (2010)
- Tyst i klassen! (2012)
- Förbjuden frukt från ett fruset träd (2013)
- Kärleken och de sista människorna på jorden (2014)
- Överbefälhavarens hemlighet (2016)
Discography
- 2012: "Mirakel" (feat. Sara Li) (Melodifestivalen 2012)
References
- "Björn Ranelid". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
External links
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- 1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist
- 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin
- 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
- 1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström
- 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman
- 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid
- 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren
- 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer
- 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson
- 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström
- 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
- 2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi
- 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt
- 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren
- 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman
- 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson
- 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm
- 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski
- 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark
- 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist
- 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
- 2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen
- 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed
- 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg
- 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson
- 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg
- 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff
- 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru
- 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson
- 2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla
- 2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren
- 2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed
- 2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg