Anders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
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Born | (1949-06-19) June 19, 1949 (age 73) Stockholm, Sweden |
Nationality | Sweden |
Occupation | literary critic |
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 4) | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2008 | |
Preceded by | Lars Forssell |
Permament Secretary of the Swedish Academy (pro temporare) | |
In office April 2018 – June 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sara Danius |
Succeeded by | Mats Malm |
Olsson has written some 15 books on poetry and the history of literature; together with his friend and ally Horace Engdahl he was a key introducer of the work of Jacques Derrida and other post-structuralist thinkers into Swedish literary research and criticism. His doctoral dissertation on Swedish poet and essayist Gunnar Ekelöf was published in 1983 and met with mostly favourable reviews.[1] He was appointed professor of literature at Stockholm University in 2004 and his research interests include the development of modern literature.[2]
Olsson was member of the Kris editorial staff.[3] In 1984 he published his first collection of poems, Dagar, aska.
In February 2008, Olson was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, by secret ballot to succeed poet and writer Lars Forssell who died in 2007,[4] and he formally took his seat in the 18-member assembly on 20 December 2008.
From 13 April 2018 he served as the pro tempore permanent secretary of the Academy, following a controversy when Sara Danius was forced to resign.[5] Anders Olsson then served as the permanent secretary of the Academy between 1 June 2018 and 1 June 2019.[6] He is currently the chairman of the Academy's Nobel Committee for Literature.[7]
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Preceded by Lars Forssell |
Swedish Academy, Seat No.4 2008– |
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"[T]o work for the 'purity, vigour and majesty' of the Swedish language" | ||
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