Lit in Translation

Lydia Sandgren

Born 1987 · Sweden

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Augustpriset 2025 · Shortlist

    Artens överlevnad

    Title translated by AI:“The Survival of the Species”

    Lydia Sandgren · 38 when first published

    Novel · 776 pages

    AI-generated summary:In autumn 2021 the widow of a famous Italian conductor offers Karl Hillberg, a teacher who writes fiction, an unexpected commission: the life story of her late husband.

  • In English

    Augustpriset 2020 · Winner

    Collected Works

    Samlade verk

    Lydia Sandgren · 33 when first published

    Novel · 608 pages · Family, Love

    AI-generated summary:Gothenburg is preparing a big show of the painter Gustav Becker, and the student Rakel sees her long-vanished mother's face on posters all over town, while her father, the publisher Martin Berg, falls into crisis.