Romanian literature: Mircea Cărtărescu’s Melancolia is launched in Sweden in February
Melancholy (Melancholy)written by Romanian Mircea Cărtărescu and published by Albert Bonniers Förlag in translation by Inger Johansson, is launched in Sweden on February 16 at the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in Stockholm.
The launch event, which will include a conversation between the writer Mircea Cărtărescu and the writer and journalist Cecilia Hansson, is scheduled to start at 18:00.
“Mircea Cărtărescu, who has ten volumes published in Swedish, will share his experiences of writing Melancholy and answer questions from the audience. Inger Johansson, who translated nine of the author’s most important books into Swedish, will also participate in the event. The author will sign books at the end of the event”, ICR Stockholm said.
Mircea Cărtărescu became known to the Swedish public in 2002 with Nostalgia (Albert Bonniers Förlag), which this year was reissued in Sweden.
Several of the Romanian author’s books have been translated by Inger Johansson and published in Sweden by Albert Bonniers Förlag, namely Melancholy (2023), Solenoid (2019), The Levant (2015), Travesty (2013), Diary 1994-2003 (2011), Orbiter. Hoger wing (2008), Orbiter. The body (2006), Orbiter. Left wing (2004), and Nostalgia (2002, 2023). His poetry anthology A happy day in my life (O zi fericită din viţa mea) was published in 2008, translated into Swedish by Dan Shafran and Lars-Inge Nilsson.
Mircea Cărtărescu, born June 1, 1956 in Bucharest, is a poet, prose writer, literary critic, journalist and doctoral student at the University of Bucharest. He is one of the most translated contemporary Romanian authors and has received numerous literary prizes, both local and international.
In the last decade, he has been one of the names that are often mentioned as strong candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Writers’ Union of Romania officially nominated him twice for this award.
Cărtărescu is a member of Writers’ Union and PEN Romania. He has published more than 30 volumes, translated into more than 25 languages.
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