Monika Fagerholm





Monika Fagerholm

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born
in Helsinki, Finland
February 26, 1961

gender
female

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About this author

Monika Fagerholm’s much-praised first novel, Wonderful Women by the Sea, became one of the most widely translated Scandinavian literary novels of the mid-nineties and was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 1998 it was followed by the cult novel Diva, which won the Swedish Literature Society Award. Her third novel, The American Girl, became a number-one best seller and won the premier literary award in Sweden, the August Prize, as well as the Aniara Prize and the Gothenburg Post Award.


Average rating: 3.33 · 489 ratings · 80 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
The American Girl
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions
The Glitter Scene
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
Diiva
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
Wonderful Women by the Sea
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions
Lola ylösalaisin
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Havet: Fyra lyriska essäer
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Arielles första kärlek
1.62 of 5 stars 1.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011
Leva Skrivande: Finlandssve...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Noveller för världens barn ...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
Miten kirjani ovat syntyneet 5
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
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