Stig Håkan Larsson (born 20 July 1955) is a Swedish writer of novels, dramas, poetry, political essays and short stories, film writer, director and actor.
Biography Larsson was born on 20 July 1955, in Skellefteå, Västerbotten County. He grew up in Umeå and currently lives in Stockholm.
In the late 1970s, his namesake and friend, Stieg Larsson, born Stig, the well-known author of the Millennium series, changed slightly the spelling of his first name to avoid confusion with Stig, by then a well-known writer.
Larsson was the founder and a member of the Kris editorial staff.
His debut novel and first success was in 1979 with Autisterna. Since then, Larsson has established himself as one of Sweden's best-known and influential authors. "His instinct for psychological and emotional violence has been compared to that of August Strindberg and Ingmar Bergman."
He has published over 20 books including novels, short stories, and poetry collections. He has also written and directed internationally successful stage plays such as Vd and Systrar, bröder. In 1989, he wrote and directed his feature film debut Ängel, followed by The Rabbit Man in 1990. He has directed TV movies such as Under isen (1991) and Nigger (1991), and written screenplays for films such as Kristian Petris's acclaimed Sommaren (1995).
Bibliography
Prose Autisterna, 1979 Nyår, 1984 Introduktion, 1986 Komedin I, 1989 Om en död, 1992 (short stories) När det känns att det håller på ta slut, 2012
Poetry Minuterna före blicken, 1981 Den andra resan, 1982 Samtidigt, på olika platser, 1985 Deras ordning, 1987 Händ!, 1988 Ändras, 1990 Ett kommande arbete, 1991 Uttal, 1992 En andra resa, 1993 (collection) Likar, 1993 Ordningen, 1994 (collection) Matar, 1995 Natta de mina, 1997 Wokas lax?, 1998 Helhjärtad tanke, 1999 Avklädda på ett fält, 2000
Drama VD, 1987 Pjäser, 1991 Realism: två pjäser och ett filmmanus, 2011
Journalism and essays Artiklar 1975–2004, 2006 Folk på ön – With photographs by Ulla , 2017
Filmography
Writer 1988 VD (TV movie) (play / screenplay) 1989 Ängel (writer) 1989 Miraklet i Valby (writer) 1990 The Rabbit Man (Kaninmannen) 1995 Svinet (TV film) 1995 Sommaren 1997 Grötbögen (TV film) 2000 Jesus lever (TV film) 2009 Metropía (screenplay)
Director 1988 VD (TV play) 1989 Ängel 1990 Nigger (TV film) 1990 The Rabbit Man (Kaninmannen) 1991 Under isen (TV film) 2007 August (TV film)
Actor 1984 The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element) (Coroner's Assistant) 1989 Ängel (Stig) 2006 Sök (Bo)
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