Kristoffer Leandoer

{{short description|Swedish author (born 1962)}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Kristoffer Leandoer | image = Kristoffer Leandoer (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption= Leandoer at the 2025 Gothenburg Book Fair. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | education = Stockholm University | nationality = Swedish | period = | awards = | notableworks = | website = | spouses = Elsa Håstad | children = Yung Lean<br>Miriam Leandoer Håstad | relatives = Arnold Wesker (father-in-law) | module = }} '''Sten Wilfred Kristoffer Leandoer''' (born 6 May 1962) is a Swedish writer, poet, translator and literary critic.

==Biography== Leandoer grew up in Sigtuna, about 50 km northwest of Stockholm, and studied art history and comparative literature at Stockholm University.<ref name="svt"/> He began his career as a freelance literary and theater critic for the literary magazines ''Allt om böcker'', ''Stockholms-Tidningen'', and ''Dagens Nyheter''.<ref name="svt">{{cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/forfattaren-kristoffer-leandoer-lamnar-nobelkommitten|title=Författaren Kristoffer Leandoer hoppar av Nobelkommittén|date=2 December 2019|access-date=15 May 2026|website=SVT Nyheter|lang=sv}}</ref>

===Nobel Committee=== In November 2018, Leandoer was elected alongside four other literary critics and writers as external members of the Nobel Committee for Literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/press/pressmeddelande-fran-svenska-akademien-8|title=Pressmeddelande från Svenska Akademien|date=19 November 2018|website=Svenska Akademien|access-date=15 May 2026|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/613459/swedish-academy-names-new-jury-members-for-nobel-prize-in-literature|title=Swedish Academy names new jury members for Nobel Prize in literature|date=19 November 2018|access-date=19 November 2018|website=Gulf Times}}</ref> Just after two weeks, Leandoer left the committee, arguing that the work to reform the scandal-hit Swedish Academy was taking too long. "I leave my job in the Nobel Committee because I have neither the patience nor the time to wait for the result of the work to change that has been started," Leandoer said.<ref name=reuter>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/nobel-prize-literature-idUSL8N28C2OW|title=Two members leave Nobel literature committee, lamenting slow pace of change|date=2 December 2019|access-date=3 December 2019|website=Reuters.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography== * ''Dykarklocka'' (1987) * ''Glaskropp: dikter'' (1990) * ''Stjärngräs: dikter.'' (1991) * ''Svarta speglar: skräckberättelser'' (1994) * ''Flipperspelaren: roman'' (1996) * ''Stockholmssjukan'' (1997) * ''Änglar i hissen'' (1998) * ''Jag. Du. Vi'' (1998) * ''Fjädrar på vinden'' (1999) * ''Två apelsiner'' (1999) * ''Strandridare och 13 andra skräcknoveller'' (2000) * ''Hundarna i stenen'' (2001) * ''Tornseglarna'' (2002) * ''Kyrkogård för dikter 1999–2002'' (2002) * ''Julrysare'' (2004) * ''Skymningsfursten: en roman om det främmande'' (2005) * ''Huset som Proust byggde'' (2008) * ''Här står jag och väntar på att falla: hemlösa dikter'' (2008) * ''Mask. Litteratur som gömställe'' (2010) * ''Övningsuppgifter'' (2012) * ''Namnsdagsflickan'' (2012) * ''September'' (2013) * ''Slut – symbolisterna vid tidens ände'' (2014) * ''De försvunna böckernas bibliotek'' (2016) * ''Vägen till det stora kanske'' (2016) * ''Mitt namn är Lucy Barton'' (2017) * ''Barn: Paradiset och flykten därifrån'' (2018) * ''Längta hem, längta bort'' (2020) * ''Upphörligheten'' (2021) * ''Den oavslutade litteraturen'' (2023)

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