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Christer Kihlman was born on June 14, 1930 in Helsinki, Southern Finland, into the family of Bertel Lorenzo and Karin (Bolinder) Kihlman. One of his great-grandfathers was a well-known politician, teacher, and industrialist, a grandfather was a renowned anti-Czarist judge, and Kihlman’s father was a man of letters who edited an important Finnish journal, Nys Argus.
Christer debuted in 1951 as a lyricist, but turned his interest into prose with the attention to the novel "Watch out Blessed!" Kihlman introduced a highly personal and at the same time universal "confession prose" in the Finnish-Swedish literature with the "Book of Human Resurrection", written in 1971. Since the late 1980s, Christer Kihlman's production has been very sporadic due to persistent writing cramps, but since 2000 he has once again begun to participate in the community debate with occasional newspaper articles and occasional lectures.
In addition to his authorship, Christer Kihlman has worked as a librarian and journalist during certain periods. He was editor of the magazine Arena in 1951 - 1954, literary critic at New press in 1952 - 1960, and has written articles and columns in Helsingin Sanomat, Daily News and the New Time. In 1975-1980 he also held the title of artist professor.
Christer's authorship has been rewarded with a great variety of awards, including such prestigious ones as The Literature Promotion's Great Novel Prize in 1972, The Finnish Literature Prize in 1976, The Swedish Literature Society Prize in 1976 and 1983, and The Swedish Academy of Finland Prize in 1976.
Christer is a Social Democrat.
Kihlman rebelled against his privileged background, criticizing the bourgeoisie of his country throughout his career and posing as an angry rebel in his youth; yet in another sense he followed in the literary tradition of his family.
On June 1, 1956 Christer married Selinda Enckell, with whom he has two children: Nina and Jerker Kihlman.
