Kerstin Ekman
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Kerstin Ekman in 2011
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| Born | Kerstin Lillemor Hjorth 27 August 1933 Risinge, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Period | 1959– |
| Notable works |
Blackwater Kvinnorna och staden trilogy Vargskinnet trilogy |
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| Children | Magnus |
Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933 in Risinge, Finspång, Östergötland County) is a Swedish novelist.
Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others De tre små mästarna and Dödsklockan) but later went on to psychological and social themes. Among her later works is Mörker och blåbärsris (1972) (set in northern Sweden) and Händelser vid vatten (1993), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel.
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.
In 1998 she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal.
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