Sara Danius
Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019)[1][2] was a Swedish scholar of literature, aesthetics , and a former member of the Nobel Prize in Literature committee. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University,[3] docent of literature at Uppsala University[4] and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.
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| Born | Sara Maria Danius 5 April 1962 |
| Died | 12 October 2019 (aged 57) |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Duke University University of Nottingham Stockholm University |
| Spouse(s) | Stefan Jonsson (1989–2010) |
| Institutions | Swedish Academy Södertörn University Uppsala University Stockholm University |
Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary. She was one of the central figures in the 2018 controversies , resulting in the cancellation of the Nobel Prize in Literature that year and the following restructuring of the academy.[1] She was born in Täby.
Danius died on 12 October 2019, aged 57, after having suffered from breast cancer for several years.[5]
Sara Danius Media
Danius announces the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan, 2016.
Bibliography
- Försök om litteratur, Stockholm: Bonnier, 1998. ISBN 9789100567569.
- Prousts motor, Stockholm: Bonnier, 2000. ISBN 9789100571061.
- The senses of modernism: technology, perception, and aesthetics, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8014-3899-3.
- The prose of the world: Flaubert and the art of making things visible, Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2006. ISBN 91-554-6599-4
- Voices: contemporary ceramic art from Sweden, Stockholm: Carlsson, 2006. ISBN 91-7203-778-4.
- Proust-Benjamin : om fotografin, 2011. ISBN 978-91-86883-05-8.
- Näsa för nyheter : essä om James Joyce, 2013. ISBN 978-91-87219-02-3.
- Den blå tvålen: Romanen och konsten att göra saker och ting synliga, 2013. ISBN 978-91-0-012049-8.
- Husmoderns död och andra texter, Stockholm: Bonnier, 2014. ISBN 9789100171971.
- Om Bob Dylan, 2018. ISBN 9789100177812.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, Evelyn (12 October 2019). "Former Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius is dead". Dagens Nyheter. https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/former-secretary-of-the-swedish-academy-sara-danius-is-dead/. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ↑ Lydia Farran-Lee; Erik Wikén (12 October 2019). "Sara Danius död efter lång tids sjukdom". svt.se. https://www.svt.se/kultur/sara-danius-dod.
- ↑ Swedish Academy (7 March 2013). "Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien" (in sv). Press release. http://www.svenskaakademien.se/information/pressinformation/2013/ny-ledamot-i-svenska-akademien.
- ↑ Wiman, Björn (7 March 2013) (in sv). DN-medarbetare tar plats i Svenska akademien. http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/dn-medarbetare-tar-plats-i-svenska-akademien/.
- ↑ Former head of scandal-hit Swedish Academy dies of cancer. 12 October 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-literature-danius-idUSKBN1WR0AO. Retrieved 12 October 2019
Other websites
- Works by or about Sara Danius in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Sara Danius Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, bei Hanser-Verlag