Katarina Frostenson

Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1992. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in recognition of her services to literature.[1]

Katarina Frostenson
Katarina Frostenson, 2014
Born	Alma Katarina Frostenson 5 March 1953 Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1978–
Notable works	Joner Flodtid
Spouse	Jean‐Claude Arnault
Relatives	Georg Frostenson (father) Anna-Britta Elmdahl (mother) Anders Frostenson (uncle)

She was born in Stockholm. Her parents were Georg Frostenson (1909–2002) and Anna-Britta Elmdahl (1917–2014). Her uncle Anders Frostenson was married to politician Ulla Lidman-Frostenson (1910-1962), who was Susanna Ramel's elder maternal half-sister.

Frostenson is one of Sweden's foremost poets, of a style both experimental and archaic. She is the author of I mellan (1978), I det gula (1985) and Joner (1991), and has also written a book of lyrical prose named Berättelser från dom (1992), about an ancient people who, through the loss of language, lose their sense of belonging in the world.

Her many honors include the Great Prize of the Society of Nine (1989), the Bellman Prize (1994), the Swedish Radio Prize for Lyrical Poetry (1996), the Erik Lindegren Prize (2004), the Ekelöf Prize (2007), the Nordic Council Literature Prize (2016) and the Litteris et Artibus medal (2007).[2]

Frostenson and her husband Jean-Claude Arnault ran a venue for showcasing art in Stockholm called Forum. The club received funding from the Swedish Academy, which sparked allegations of conflicts of interest. Thus in 2018, Frostenson was accused of corruption contemporaneous with the accusations of sexual assault and corruption leveled against Arnault. The Academy ultimately decided against expelling Frostenson, which prompted the resignation of three academy members. Frostenson protested that she should not be punished for the wrongdoings of her husband.[3] Nevertheless she did ultimately and voluntarily withdraw from the academy receiving a lifelong compensation of 12,875 Swedish kronor per month and the right to continue to live in an apartment owned by the Academy.[4]

Works

• I mellan (1978)
• Raymond Chandler och filmen (1978)
• Lars Ahlins Huset har ingen filial (1978)
• Rena land (1980)
• Den andra (1982)
• I det gula (1985)
• Samtalet (1987)
• Stränderna (1989)
• Överblivet (1989)
• 4 monodramer (1990)
• Joner : tre sviter (1991)
• Berättelser från dom (1992)
• Samtalet : Stränderna : Joner (1992)
• Artur Lundkvist : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1992)
• Tankarna (1994)
• 3 monodramer (1995)
• Traum : Sal P (1996)
• Vägen till öarna (1996)
• Staden - en opera (1998)
• Korallen (1999)
• Endura (2002)
• Karkas : fem linjer (2004)
• Ordet : en passion (2006)
• Tal och regn (2008)
• Flodtid (2011)
• Tre vägar (2013)
• Sånger och formler (2015)
• Sju Grenar (2018)

References

1. Kennedy, Marie (18 January 2013). "Johansson hederslegionär". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Stampen Lokala Medier AB. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. Lapidus, Arne; Jakobson, Hanna; Andersson, Alexandra; baas, David (1 December 2017). "Kulturprofilens maktspel – hot, löften och misstänkta sexövergrepp". Expressen. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
3. Flood, Alison (4 May 2018). "Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
4. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/RxMXKA/forlikning-klar-med-katarina-frostenson--lamnar-akademien

• Katarina Frostenson profile from Svenska Akademien.
• Poems, Swedish Book Review.

External links

• Alternative Nobel literature prize planned in Sweden