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Johan Jönson

Born 1966 · Sweden

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    Augustpriset 2010 · Shortlist

    Livdikt

    Title translated by AI:“Life Poem”

    Johan Jönson · 44 when first published

    Poetry · 711 pages

    AI-generated summary:A writer who scrapes by on odd jobs is cross-examined without mercy by his own double: about repetitive paid work, poverty that paralyses, love as a dependency, bodies and desires. He is allowed to hold nothing back.