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Jila Mossaed wins the award
Publicerad 27 september 2019
This year's winner of the Växjö Municipality's Literature Prize to Pär Lagerkvist's memory goes to poet Jila Mossaed.
– The purpose of the award is to reward outstanding authorship in the spirit of Pär Lagerkvist. It feels very good that this year goes to Jila Mossaed, says Jon Malmqvist (KD), chairman of the Culture and Leisure Committee.
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Jila Mossaed was born in Tehran in 1948 and has lived in Sweden since 1986. She has published several poetry collections and two novels. She is also a member of the Swedish Academy.
The award contains 100,000 Swedish crowns and will be distributed on October 18 at the Växjö City Library.
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