{"id":27640,"date":"2021-02-10T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/meet-the-author-with-monika-fagerholm\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:39:42","slug":"meet-the-author-with-monika-fagerholm","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/meet-the-author-with-monika-fagerholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author with Monika Fagerholm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"ls_embed_1620131790\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/9653734\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"> <\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1620131790\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Monika Fagerholm (1961) is one of the most distinguished Finnish-Swedish authors. She has been described as an innovator of the Swedish language and a groundbreaking, style-forming author. Fagerholm is also known, beyond her authorship, as an active public debater and a mentor for new authors.<\/p>\n<p>Fagerholm made her debut with the short story collection <i>Sham<\/i> in 1987. She had her breakthrough seven years later with the novel <i>Underbara kvinnor vid vatten,<\/i> followed by several other significant novels. Diva was published in 1998 and <i>Den amerikanska flickan<\/i> in 2005, winning her the August Prize. <i>Lola uppochner<\/i> was released in 2012, and in 2016 Fagerholm was awarded the Swedish Academy\u2019s Nordic Prize.<\/p>\n<p><i>Vem d\u00f6dade bambi?<\/i> (in English, <i>Who killed bambi<\/i>?) is her seventh novel. In a more concentrated format than her previous works, it revolves around a gang rape committed by seemingly prosperous young people in a small, well-to-do community, Villastan, not far from Helsinki. The focus is not on the rape itself, but on the events before and after it. The novel is a dense web of stories, memories, dialogue, and cultural references, while the range of characters is broad. <i>Vem d\u00f6dade bambi? <\/i>was awarded the 2020 Nordic Council Literature Prize. In the motivation, Fagerholm\u2019s novel is described as a stylised tale of morality written with fervent energy. The year 2020, Fagerholm was also awarded with the Tollander Prize and Selma Lagerl\u00f6f Prize for her novel and her life\u2019s work.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The event starts at 7:30 PM. The conversation is moderated in Swedish by Sunna D\u00eds M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir, literature mediator, author and member of the jury for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. The event is streamed live. <a href=\"https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/11168\/hofundakvold-me-monika-fagerholm\/\">Book a seat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monika Fagerholm (1961) is one of the most distinguished Finnish-Swedish authors. She has been described as an innovator of the Swedish language and a groundbreaking, style-forming author. Fagerholm is also known, beyond her authorship, as an active public debater and a mentor for new authors. Fagerholm made her debut with the short story collection Sham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27635,"template":"","event-categories":[8,92],"class_list":["post-27640","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-literature","event-categories-livestream-en","event_tags-meet-the-author","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/27640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=27640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}