Linda Boström Knausgård (born 15 October 1972 in Boo, Sweden) is a Swedish author and poet. Her critical breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal. Her first novel, Helioskatastrofen, was released in 2013.
Literary career Boström Knausgård debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection Gör mig behaglig för såret. Her breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal which consists of twenty short, intense and tight prose texts in a dark mode. Boström Knausgård has bipolar disorder. Her disorder was the subject of a radio documentary, titled Jag skulle kunna vara USA:s president, which she produced for Sveriges Radio in 2005. In 2013, her third book, the novel Helioskatastrofen, was released. In January 2013 she began writing chronicles for the regional newspaper Ystads Allehanda.
Personal life Boström Knausgård was married to the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård until November 2016. They lived in the Österlen-region in southeastern Sweden and had four children. She is the daughter of actress Ingrid Boström.
Bibliography 1998: Gör mig behaglig för såret 2011: Grand Mal 2013: Helioskatastrofen 2015: The Helios Disaster (in English translation by Rachel Willson-Broyles) 2016: Välkommen til Amerika 2019: Welcome to America (in English translation by Martin Aitken) 2019: Oktoberbarn 2021: October Child (in English translation by Saskia Vogel)
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