Sara Danius
Swedish academic
Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019)[1][2] was a Swedish scholar of literature, aesthetics and 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 | 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]
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
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
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