“The key word in Dagerman’s writings is freedom.”
Dagerman broke onto the literary scene when he was twenty-two. He enjoyed phenomenal success publishing novels, short stories, a travel book about post-war Germany, plays, poems, and a large amount of journalism at a rapid rate. Then, suddenly he fell silent. In 1954, Sweden was stunned to learn that Stig Dagerman, the epitome of his generation of writers, had been found dead in his car: he had closed the doors of his garage and started the engine. Read more
Latest News
- Swedish Book Review 2012:1 publishes new satirical poems by Stig Dagerman in translation by Laurie Thompson. Read more
- The Egyptian activist, writer, and psychiatrist Nawal El Saadawi, receives the 2012 Stig Dagerman Award. Her life-long work for freedom, particularly as it pertains to women, has helped to deepen our understanding of its meaning, significance, and goals.