Fredrik Backman
Author of A Man Called Ove
About the Author
Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in show more his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here (2017) 16 copies
Sebastian and the Troll 9 copies
Something About Anxiety 1 copy
Stories my Grandma told me 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Backman, Fredrik
- Legal name
- Backman, Carl Fredrik
- Birthdate
- 1981-06-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Places of residence
- Helsingborg, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Solna, Sweden - Occupations
- columnist
blogger
writer - Awards and honors
- European Film Awards for Best European Comedy (2016)
Vision's Author of the Year Award (2017)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Best Translated Fiction (2018)
The Piraten Award (2019)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Most Anticipated Novel (2019)
LiveLib Readers' Choice Awards for Best Translated Fiction (2019) (show all 7)
Ozon Book Awards for Best Fiction (2020) - Agent
- Tor Jonasson (Salomonsson Agency)
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Members
- 30,911
- Popularity
- #641
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 1,807
- ISBNs
- 511
- Languages
- 29
- Favorited
- 33
2024-02-17: I'm around 75% but I've gone ahead and given it five stars. It's that good and I trust the author not to screw it up. So good.
2024-02-17: Done. So much laughing and crying and laugh/crying.… (more)