Biografia
Andrea Lundgren was born in 1986 in the town of Boden in northern Sweden, and she grew up in the nearby village of Vittjärv. During her school years her main interests were animals, making music, and having top marks in all her subjects. After upper secondary school she moved to Stockholm and just happened to take a creative writing course. That was when she started taking her writing, which had been nothing but a game until that point, seriously. Her first novel, I tunga vintrars mage, was published in 2010. Having received a grant from the Swedish Writers’ Fund,she spent the winter of 2011-12 in South America to get new perspectives and devote herself to her writing.
Bibliography:
I tunga vintrars mage ((In the Belly of Heavy Winters, 2010), Natur och Kultur förlag.
Eventi
11/09/2012
Literaturfestival --> Scritture giovani
Since 2002, the ilb has published the annual “Scritture Giovani” volume. The short stories in the book adhere to the year’s respective themes, and are presented by their young authors at the festivals of Hay (Wales), Mantova (I) and Berlin. This year’s participants include: Eurig Salisbury, who, at the age of 13, taught himself the traditional Welsh poetic format Cynghanedd and published his first anthology of poetry, “Llyfr Glas Eurig” (“Eurig’s Blue Book”). Antonia Baum studied Literary Sciences and History, and has published short stories and a novel: “Vollkommen leblos, bestenfalls tot” (“Completely lifeless, dead at best”). Francesca Sconti comes from Milan, where she studied Law and Music. Her collection of short stories “Qualcosa di simile” (“Something similar”) received the Premio Renato Fucini in 2011. Andrea Lundgren, more or less on accident, enrolled with the Academy for Creative Writing in Stockholm after finishing school. Her first novel appeared in 2010. Since then, she has been travelling and exploring South America, sponsored by a scholarship granted by the Swedish Writers’ Association. 07/09/2012
Festivaletteratura
Scritture Giovani
09/06/2012
Hay Festival --> Scritture giovani
Francesca Scotti, Andrea Lundgren, Eurig Salisbury
Scritture Giovani 2012Hay Festival 2012, Saturday 9 June 2012, 10am - 11.30am.
Young writers from Italy, Sweden, Wales and Germany read and discuss their short stories commissioned on the theme of ‘Why?’ Chaired by Daniel Hahn of the British Centre for Literary Translation.
In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and Literaturfestival Berlin, and sponsored by Fondazione Cariplo and Illy Coffee
Scritture giovani
07/09/2012
Festivaletteratura
Scritture Giovani
09/06/2012
Hay Festival --> Scritture giovani
Francesca Scotti, Andrea Lundgren, Eurig Salisbury
Scritture Giovani 2012Hay Festival 2012, Saturday 9 June 2012, 10am - 11.30am.
Young writers from Italy, Sweden, Wales and Germany read and discuss their short stories commissioned on the theme of ‘Why?’ Chaired by Daniel Hahn of the British Centre for Literary Translation.
In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and Literaturfestival Berlin, and sponsored by Fondazione Cariplo and Illy Coffee
Scritture giovani
Francesca Scotti, Andrea Lundgren, Eurig Salisbury
Scritture Giovani 2012Hay Festival 2012, Saturday 9 June 2012, 10am - 11.30am.
Young writers from Italy, Sweden, Wales and Germany read and discuss their short stories commissioned on the theme of ‘Why?’ Chaired by Daniel Hahn of the British Centre for Literary Translation.
In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and Literaturfestival Berlin, and sponsored by Fondazione Cariplo and Illy Coffee