Lit in Translation

Bengt Ohlsson

Born 1963 · Sweden

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Augustpriset 2011 · Shortlist

    Rekviem för John Cummings

    Title translated by AI:“Requiem for John Cummings”

    Bengt Ohlsson · 48 when first published

    Novel · 450 pages

    AI-generated summary:John Cummings, the guitarist known as Johnny Ramone, has quit touring after two decades when a cancer diagnosis arrives, and he looks back over his life in the Ramones and outside it.

  • In English

    Augustpriset 2004 · Winner

    Gregorius

    Gregorius

    Bengt Ohlsson · 41 when first published

    Novel · 432 pages · Historical, Love

    AI-generated summary:Pastor Gregorius, the despised clergyman of Hjalmar Söderberg's Doctor Glas, tells the story of what will be his last summer, from his youth as a model son to his shameful love for the young Helga.