Background
Elsie Johansson was born in Vendel as the fifth child of a statare. Her father would later find work as a lumberjack and construction worker
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Elsie Johansson
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Owing to the persuasion of a female teacher, Johansson was allowed to attend realskola in Uppsala, from which she graduated in 1948. Upon graduation, she found employment as a postal worker
Career
She is sometimes considered a proletarian writer The Johansson family lived under sparse circumstances in a simple cabin, which would later serve as inspiration for similar housings found in Johansson"s novels. Johansson would work at the post office for another 30 years, before making her literary debut with the poetry collection Brorsan hade en vevgrammofon, at the age of 48.
Her first novel, Kvinnan som mötte en hund, followed in 1984.
In addition to her poems and novels intended for adult readers, she has written a number of books for children and adolescents. Her breakthrough as a writer came with the Nancy trilogy (Glasfåglarna, Mosippan and Nancy), which earned her several awards, amongst others the Aniara Prize.
Achievements
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Lundequistska bokhandelns litteraturpris 1996 Fackföreningsrörelsens Ivar Lo-pris 1997 BMF-plaketten 1998 (for Mosippan) Moa Award 1999 Stig Dagerman Prize 2001 Siripriset 2001 SKTF:s pris-writer of the year 2001 Hedenvind-plaketten 2002 Aniara-priset 2002 The Litteris et Artibus medal 2002 Årets väckarklocka 2004 ABF:s litteraturpris 2006 January Fridegårdspriset 2008 Sveriges Radio"s Romanpris 2009 (for Sin ensamma kropp).
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Nationality
Sweden