Klas Östergren Writer

Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, screenwriter and translator. On 28 February 2014, the Swedish Academy announced that Östergren had been appointed a new member of the Academy, succeeding Ulf Linde on seat 11. Östergren was formally installed as a member on 20 December 2014. In 1999, he was nominated for his country's top film award, the Guldbagge Award and, in 2005, received the grand prize bestowed by the country's premier literary society, Samfundet De Nio.