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Klas Östergren

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February 20, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm in 1955 and is the author of several novels including the landmark Gentlemen (1981) and its sequel, Gangsters (2005). A leading star of Swedish literature for nearly three decades, he has won the Piratenpriset and the Doblougska prize from the Swedish Academy. A founder of the rock band Fullersta Revolutionary Orchestra, Östergren has also worked as a translator, playwright, and scriptwriter for television and screen, and he co-wrote Mikael Håfström's film Ondskan, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. He now lives with his wife and three children in the seafront town of Kivik in southern Sweden.

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Books by Klas Östergren

Average rating: 3.68 · 222 ratings · 19 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Gentlemen 3.93 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Hurricane Party by Klas Östergren, Klas Ostergren 3.33 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gangsters 3.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Den sista cigarretten 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Fattiga riddare och stora svenskar 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	Ismael 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1977	My rating:
	Med stövlarna på och andra berättelser 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tre Porträtt 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Slangbella 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	Plaster: Roman 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Many authors, as Hanck in particular had noted, were basically little people, spiritually shriveled, atrophied and care-worn personalities. Petty. Vulnerable and frightened. They needed help in their daily lives in order to seem bigger, or at least like everyone else. They sought compensation in poetry, resorted to words because words seemed harmless and free of prejudice; they didn't bite, they didn't provoke, they didn't infect. And besides, they didn't cost a thing. They were a suitable material for revenge-seeking cretins.”
― Klas Östergren, The Hurricane Party

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