Susanna Alakoski
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| Born | May 16, 1962 Vaasa, Finland |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Period | 2006– |
| Notable works | Svinalängorna |
| Spouse | Mats Söderlund (1990–present) |
| Children | Jaana-Kristina Nilas Runa |
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Jaana Susanna Emilia Alakoski Söderlund, née Alakoski, (born 16 May 1962 in Vaasa, Finland) is a Swedish-Finnish author and lecturer. She won the August Prize in 2006 for the novel Svinalängorna.[1] Svinalängorna was filmed in 2010 as Beyond. She researches gender issues and works as a social worker.
Biography
Alakoski was born in 1962 in Vaasa, Finland and spent her early life in the Fridhem area in Ystad, Sweden.[2] She studied to become a socionom and finished her degree at the age of 23.[3] In 1988, she studied writing at Skurups folkhögskola.[3] Between 1995 and 2003, she worked as a press secretary for the Vänsterpartiet politician Gudrun Schyman.[3]
In 2006, she released her debut novel Svinalängorna. It took the August Prize in 2006. The novel sold over 400,000 copies in Sweden and it has been made into a feature film with the English title of Beyond.[4]
In 2010, she released her second novel, Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset.[5] In 2011, she released her first children's novel, Dagens Harri, which were followed by Guldfisken in 2012 and Dagens skräckis in 2013.[6] She published a diary, Oktober i Fattigsverige in 2012.[7]
She has also been editor for the anthologies Tala om klass, Lyckliga slut, and Fejkad orgasm[8]
Personal life
She is married to Mats Söderlund since 1990.[5] They have three children, Jaana-Kristina, Nilas, Runa.[3] As of 2014[update], she lives in Stockholm.
Bibliography – a selection
- Svinalängorna (2006)
- Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset (2010)
- Dagens Harri (2011)
- Guldfisken (2012)
- Oktober i Fattigsverige (2012)
- Dagens skräckis (2013)
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