News about STiNA and its members

The novel Black Banners (Svarta fanor, 1907), one of August Strindberg's most controversial prose works, has been translated by Donald K. Weaver and now published in English for the first time by Peter Lang.

A Faraway Island by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck, received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a foreign language. Published by Delacorte, the book has also been selected as an ALA (American Library Association) Notable Book.

Lars Nordström has received the "Niskanen Award" from the Scandinavian Heritage Foundation for "Chronicling Our Immigrant History.” Lars is the author, editor and translator of Swedish Oregon (available from Swedish Roots in Oregon).

New translation of The Saga of Gösta Berling Selma Lagerlöf's classic novel, published in 1891, has now been published by Penguin Classics in a new English translation, the first since 1898.

Mozart's Third Brain, poems of Göran Sonnevi translated by Rika Lesser, is now available from Yale University Press.

The Procession of Memories: Selected Poems 1929-1945 by Harry Martinson. These early poems by Nobel Prize-winning poet Harry Martinson (1904-1978), translated by Oregon writer and poet Lars Nordström, have never been published in English before. The book is available from Wordcraft of Oregon.

God's Mercy is the most recent novel by Kerstin Ekman to be translated by Linda Schenck. The translation is published by University of Nebraska Press.

Four poems by Gunnar Harding, translated by Roger Greenwald with an introductory essay by the translator, can be read in the current issue of Salt Magazine.

The Key to IKEA. One of the basic texts of 20th-century Swedish design, Ellen Key's Beauty in the Home (1899), has now been translated into English by Anne-Charlotte Harvey. This essay is included in Modern Swedish Design. Three Founding Texts, published by the Museum of Modern Art, 2008.

Swedish vampires. The recent Swedish film Let the Right One In has been a surprising success in American theatres. The film is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated into English by Ebba Segerberg and now published in the U.S. by St. Martin's Griffin.

Swedish Oregon. Author, editor and translator Lars Nordström has compiled Swedish Oregon, an overview of Swedish immigration to the state which includes first-person accounts, articles and poetry. For anyone interested in the Pacific Northwest or in Swedish immigration history. The book can be ordered directly from the publisher, Swedish Roots in Oregon.

Absinthe: New European Writing is a print journal featuring the best contemporary European writers. The current issue (11) includes a story by Ulf Peter Hallberg, “Heaven's Gate,” translated by Erland Anderson. Absinthe: New European Writing is published biannually in the spring and fall.

New European Poets from Graywolf Press. This “fiercely intelligent” anthology, edited by Kevin Prufer and Wayne Miller, collects the work of 290 poets from all over Europe whose work was first published after 1968. The book's 24 regional editors include Rika Lesser (Sweden and Finland) and Roger Greenwald, who was responsible for Norway, Denmark, and (with Lesser) Sápmi (formerly known to English-speakers as Lappland).

Scandinavian Crime Fiction blog from Gustavus Adolphus College. A project to follow the burgeoning interest in crime fiction from Scandinavia has been started at Gustavus Adolphus, a Minnesota liberal arts college. Frequently updated with a wide range of links.

New Inger Frimansson title. Island of the Naked Women, the third crime novel by Inger Frimansson to be translated by STiNA member Laura Wideburg, will be published in May by Pleasure Boat Studio. The two previous Frimansson titles are Good Night, Darling and The Shadow in the Water.

Welcome to Amberville. The first book by Swedish author Tim Davys has been published by HarperCollins. Strangely enough, all the characters are stuffed animals...

How to order Swedish Books Online. Information collected by Laura Wideburg.

Over the years, many of our members have received awards for their work.