Background

Kerstin Lillemor Ekman (born Kerstin Lillemor Hjorth) was born on August 27, 1933 in Risinge, Finspång Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden. Her father was a manufacturer.

Education

Kerstin graduated from the Uppsala University with a M.A. in 1957.

Career

Kerstin Ekman worked as a high school teacher of Swedish and Swedish literature. She also worked as a literary critic. As a writer, Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels, but later went on to psychological and social themes. Her first novel "Haendelser vid vatten" was published in English, translated by Joan Tate as "Blackwater".

Achievements

• Ekman won Best Swedish Detective Story Prize in 1961 for "Tre sma maestare". She won Selma Lagerloef Prize in 1989, Award for Best Crime Novel from the Swedish Crime Academy, August Prize, Literary Prize of the Nordic Council for "Haendelser vid vatten" ("Blackwater"). In 1998 she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.

Works

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  • Blackwater: A Novel
  • The Spring (Series B (Norvik Press), No. 29,)
  • City of Light (Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature)
  • Under the Snow
  • God's Mercy (European Women Writers)
  • The Dog
  • Handelser Vid Vatten (Swedish Edition)
  • The Angel House (Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Lite)
  • The Forest of Hours
  • Witches' Rings (Series B (Norvik Press))
  • Änglahuset: [roman] (Swedish Edition)
  • Häxringarna
  • Mörker och blåbärsris (En Bok för alla) (Swedish Edition)
  • Urminnes tecken (Swedish Edition)
  • Guds barmhärtighet (Vargskinnet / Kerstin Ekman) (Swedish Edition)

Membership

Ekman was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. According to the rules of the Academy, however, she will remain a passive member for the entirety of her life.

Connections

Kerstin was married to Stig Ekman, but they divorced. Currently she is married to Börje Frelin. She also has a child, Magnus Ekman.

Spouse:

Stig Ekman

Stig Ekman was her first husband.

Spouse:

Börje Frelin

Börje Frelin is her second husband.

child:

Magnus Ekman