The Nordic Council Literature Prize
The Literary Saloon comments on The Nordic Councils choice of Sjón for literature prize winner. (Probably the only text available in English is in this book on the singer Björk, if indeed it is in English.)

Actually, Sjón, whose books I haven't read was something of a dark horse. Favourites were Monika Fagerholm [amazon.com], from Finland (but writing in Swedish) and the Norwegian Karl Ove Knausgård.

The Literary Saloon also lauds the book coverage in Swedish newspapers. Thank you!
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