Ola Larsmo was born in 1957 in Sundbyberg and has lived in Västervik

Västervik

Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 20,694 inhabitants in 2005.- History :Västervik was first mentioned in 1275. The town was then located at the current location of Gamleby. In 1433 Eric of Pomerania decided to give it a charter and move it to its...

 for ten years. He studied at Uppsala University

Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...

, mainly in Nordic languages, literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

, theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and history

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

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Larsmo was editor of BLM from 1984 to 1990, and now works as writer and freelance critic, mainly in Dagens Nyheter

Dagens Nyheter

is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...

. He was a member of the board at Författarförbundet ("Authors association") until May 2003. , he is living in Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

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In 2008

2008 in literature

The year 2008 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 1 - In the 2008 New Year Honours, Hanif Kureishi , Jenny Uglow , Peter Vansittart and Debjani Chatterjee are all rewarded for "services to literature".*June 15 - Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times...

 he was awarded the Bjørnson Prize.

Books

• Vindmakaren ("The wind maker"; In Fyra kortromaner, 1983)
• Fågelvägen ("As the bird flies"; novel, 1985)
• Engelska parken ("The English park"; novel, 1988)
• Odysséer (essays, 1990),
• Stumheten ("The dumbness"; short stories, 1981),
• Himmel och jord må brinna ("Heaven and earth will burn"; historic novel, 1993, paperback 1995),
• Maroonberget ("The Maroon Mountain"; novel, 1996),
• net.wars (debate book about IT and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 1997, paperback 1999).
• Joyce bor inte här längre, ("Joyce doesn't live here ant more"), a book about Irish literature written with Stephen Farran-Lee (1999).
• Norra Vasa 133 (novel, 1999)
• Andra sidan ( "The other side", literary essays, 2001).
• En glänta i skogen ("A glen in the forest", novel, 2004)
• 404 (debate on the Internet and democracy, with Lars Ilshammar, 2005)

External links

• olalarsmo.com (in Swedish)