Torbjörn Flygt

Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964) is a Swedish novelist. He made his literary debut in 1995 with the novel Längsta ögonblicket. Among his other novels is Män vid kusten from 1997. He was awarded the August Prize in 2001 for the novel Underdog, a story set in Malmö.^[1]

References

↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Torbjörn Flygt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

August Prize for Best Fiction

Best book (1989–1991)	1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc

1990s	1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist

2000s	2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg

2010s	2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri

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