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Bodil Malmsten

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August 19, 1944 in Bjärme, Sweden

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http://www.finistere.se

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Bodil Malmsten (born 19 August 1944 in Bjärme, Jämtland) is a Swedish poet and novelist. She was born close to Östersund in Jämtland, Sweden and grew up at her grandparents.

The English translation of her novel, Priset på vatten i Finistère (The Price of Water in Finistère, translated by Frank Perry), was selected as a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. In the novel, having decided to pack up and leave her country of birth, she recounts the story her settling into her new home in the Finistère département, in the northwest of France. It is told in a series of vignettes about gardening, learning the language, dealing with French bureaucracy, and struggling with writer's block.

She was awarded a doctorate honoris causa ad gradum (honorary degree)...more

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Books by Bodil Malmsten

Average rating: 3.72 · 208 ratings · 14 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Price of Water in Finistère 3.57 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hör bara hur ditt hjärta bultar i mig 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Den dagen kastanjerna slår ut är jag långt härifrån 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	De från norr kommande leoparderna 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Sista boken från Finistère 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Nästa som rör mig 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Det är fortfarande ingen ordning på mina papper 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	För att lämna röstmeddelande tryck stjärna 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Mitt Första Liv 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Samlade dikter 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996	My rating: