Per Christian Jersild, better known as P. C. Jersild, (born 14 March 1935) is a Swedish author and physician. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University from 22 January 2000, and another one in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (1999).
Biography
P. C. Jersild was born in Katrineholm in a middle-class family.
His first book was Räknelära which he released 1960 at the age of 25, although he had already been writing for 10 years at that time. Until now he has written 35 books, usually focused on social criticism. His most famous work is Barnens ö (Children's Island), which tells the story of a young boy, on the verge of adulthood, who runs off from a children's summer camp to spend time alone in the big city, Stockholm. Other notable books include Babels hus (The House of Babel), which gives an account of the inhuman treatment of patients at a large modern hospital, said to be modeled on the Karolinska Hospital in Huddinge outside Stockholm, and the science fiction novel En levande själ (A Living Soul), about a living, thinking and feeling human brain floating in a container of liquid.Evolution and I
Aside from his literary production, Jersild has also been a columnist for Dagens Nyheter since the mid-1980s. In 1999, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Awards Svenska Dagbladet's Literary Prize 1973 The Aniara Prize 1974 The Kellgren Prize 1990 "Samfundet De Nios stora pris" (Society of the Nine's Grans Prize) 1998 Övralidspriset 2007 Ingemar Hedenius Award 2007
Bibliography Räknelära, 1960 Till varmare länder, 1961 Ledig lördag, 1963 Resa genom världen, 1965 Pyton, 1966 Prins Valiant och Konsum, 1966 Grisjakten, 1968 Vi ses i Song My, 1970 Drömpojken, 1970 Uppror bland marsvinen, 1972 Stumpen, 1973 Djurdoktorn, 1973 (The Animal Doctor, trans. Margareta Paul & David M. Paul) Den elektriska kaninen, 1974 Barnens ö, 1976 (see also the 1980 film) (Children's Island, trans. Joan Tate) Babels hus, 1978 (House of Babel, trans. Joan Tate) En levande själ, 1980 (A Living Soul, trans. Rika Lesser) Professionella bekännelser, 1981 Efter floden, 1982 (After the Flood, trans. George Blecher & Lone Thygesen Blecher) Lit de parade, 1983 Den femtionde frälsaren, 1984 Geniernas återkomst, 1987 Svarta villan, 1987 Röda hund, 1988 Ett ensamt öra, 1989 Fem hjärtan i en tändsticksask, 1989 En livsåskådsningsbok, 1990 Alice och Nisse i lustiga huset, 1991 Holgerssons, 1991 Hymir, 1993 En gammal kärlek, 1995 Ett gammal kylskåp och en förkyld hund, 1995 Sena sagor, 1998 Darwins ofullbordade: Om människans biologiska natur, 1999 Ljusets Drottning, 2000 Hundra Fristående Kolumner i Dagens Nyheter, 2002 Ypsilon, 2012
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