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Karin Smirnoff


Born
in Umeå, Sweden
September 24, 1964

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Genre
Fiction, Contemporary


Karin Smirnoff (b. 1964) lives in the small village of Yttre Hertsånger, in northern Sweden. She worked as a journalist before she decided to change direction and bought a wooden factory. After a few years Smirnoff yearned back to the practice of writing and decided to pick it up again – but this time in literary form. She applied to Lund University’s Writer’s school with what would become her debut as an author: My Brother. It received triumphant reviews and was nominated for the esteemed August Prize in 2018. The following year Smirnoff returned with My Mother and in 2020 she ended the trilogy about Jana Kippo with Then I Went Home Smirnoff brought something entirely new into the literary field with her immensely appreciated trilogy that ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 63,183 ratings · 4,964 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Jag for ner till bror (Jana...
4.11 avg rating — 17,156 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions
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Vi for upp med mor (Jana Ki...
4.18 avg rating — 10,526 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions
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Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo...
4.07 avg rating — 8,595 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions
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Sockerormen
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Missing people
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Jana Kippo-sviten
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Verderben
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Series by Karin Smirnoff

Jag for ner till bror Vi for upp med mor Sen for jag hem
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Quotes by Karin Smirnoff  (?)
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“Måndag morgon är måndag morgon oavsett var i världen man bor. Det är ingen tröst.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Jag for ner till bror
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“You can never change the path of fate, only choose which side to walk on,”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
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“En människa som ramlat. Hjälp honom upp.
En människa som lagt sig ner. Låt honom ligga.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Vi for upp med mor
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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English Translati...: Nordic Noir - Book Review - My Brother 2 19 Apr 21, 2021 11:38AM  
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English Translati...: Karin Smirnoff - My Brother 1 8 May 10, 2022 06:44PM  
English Translati...: Karin Smirnoff - My Brother - Sweden 1 10 Jun 10, 2022 06:59AM  
English Translati...: September 2022 - read-along 9 19 Sep 24, 2022 09:10AM  
Around the Year i...: Dee's (in Desert) ATY 2023 1 27 Nov 21, 2022 12:18PM  


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