{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Elin Cullhed''' (born 1983) is a Swedish writer, teacher and cultural journalist who won the August Prize for best fiction in 2021 for her book ''Eufori'' (Euphoria). == Biography == Born in Uppsala, Cullhed has worked as a teacher and cultural journalist for, among other publications, ''Upsala Nya Tidning''. She made her literary debut in 2016 with the novel ''Gudarna'' (The Gods).<ref>{{cite web|title=Elin Cullhed|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/elin-cullhed|work=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Det går ju inte att skriva en halvbra bok|url=https://tidningenskriva.se/portratt/det-gar-ju-inte-att-skriva-en-halvbra-bok/|work=Tidningen Skriva|date=7 April 2021|access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dessa titlar är nominerade till Augustpriset 2021 {{!}} Augustpriset|url=https://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/dessa-titlar-ar-nominerade-till-augustpriset-2021|work=augustpriset.se|access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>
Her second book ''Eufori'' (Euphoria) from 2021 is a literary fantasy over Sylvia Plath's last years. She was awarded the August Prize for best fiction in the same year. The jury cited her "life-affirming and furious prose" that depicts "how a poetic genius wrestles with her existence as a housewife where dreams and desperation breed each other."<ref>[https://www.wwd.se/nyheter/elin-cullhed-tilldelas-augustpriset-2021-for-sin-roman-eufori/ Elin Cullhed tilldelas Augustpriset 2021 för sin roman Eufori]</ref>
== Works == * ''Gudarna'', 2016 * ''Eufori'', 2021
== Awards == * 2015 – Föreningen Arbetarskrivares litterära pris<ref>{{cite web|title=Elin Cullhed får litterärt pris|date=April 2015 |url=https://ka.se/2015/04/01/elin-cullhed-far-litterart-pris/|access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – August Prize for ''Eufori''<ref>[https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/elin-cullhed-vinner-augustpriset Elin Cullhed vinner Augustpriset] in Sveriges Television</ref> * 2023 – Sigtunastiftelsens författarstipendium<ref>[https://sigtunastiftelsen.se/nyheter/sigtunastiftelsens-forfattarstipendiater-2023/ Sigtunastiftelsens författarstipendiater 2023]</ref>
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