{{Short description|Swedish writer and journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox writer | name = Marie Hermanson | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Marie Hermanson 2024.jpg | image_size = 250 px | alt = | caption = Marie Hermanson (2024) | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1956 | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = journalist, writer | language = Swedish | nationality = Swedish | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1986– | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}
'''Marie Hermanson''' (born 1956) is a Swedish writer and journalist. Many of her novels evoke fairy tales and myths, characterized by her sensually realist style. ''The Devil's Sanctuary'', her first novel to be translated into English, appeared in 2013.
==Biography== Born in Sävedalen, a suburb of Gothenburg, Hermanson attended the Gothenburg School of Journalism (''Journalisthögskolan'') before studying sociology and literature at University of Gothenburg. She then worked for various newspapers until 1986 when she published ''Det finns ett hål i verkligheten'' (There is a Hole in Reality), evoking fairy tales and myths.<ref name=cs>{{cite web|url=http://nordicwomensliterature.net/writer/hermanson-marie|title=Hermanson, Marie|author=Christina Sarrimo|publisher=The History of Nordic Women's Literature|accessdate=21 January 2015 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariehermanson.se/om-forfattaren/|title=Om Författaren|publisher=mariehermanson.se|accessdate=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119165649/http://www.mariehermanson.se/om-forfattaren/|archivedate=19 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her novel ''Snövit'' (1990) provides her own interpretation of Snow White while in ''Tvillingsystrana'' (The Twin Sisters, 1993), ''Värddjuret'' (The Parasite's Host, 1995) and ''Musselstranden'' (The Mussel Shore, 1998), she adds sensuality to the fairly tale genre, drawing on the renewed interest in realism characterizing Nordic literature in the late 20th century.<ref name=cs/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/swedish/vb/biog2.html|title=Biographical Notes for Contemporary Swedish Authors and Their Translators|publisher=Columbia University|accessdate=21 January 2015 |language=}}</ref>
''Himmelsdalen'' (2011), her first novel to be translated into English, appeared as ''The Devil's Sanctuary'' in 2013. The thriller tells the story of estranged twin brothers who meet at an Alpine clinic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2013/07/the-devils-sanctuary/|title=The Devil's Sanctuary|date=31 July 2013 |publisher=Crime Fiction Lover|accessdate= |language=}}</ref>
==Bibliography== *''Det finns ett hål i verkligheten'', 1986 *''Snövit'', 1990 *''Tvillingsystrarna'', 1993 *''Värddjuret'', 1995 *''Musselstranden'', 1998 *''Ett oskrivet blad'', 2001 *''Hembiträdet'', 2004 *''Mannen under trappan'', 2005 *''Svampkungens son'', 2007 *''Himmelsdalen'', 2011, translated as ''The Devil's Sanctuary'', 2013 *''Skymningslandet'', 2014 *''Den stora utställningen'', 2018 *''Pestön'', 2021
== Awards == * Partille Bookstore's Writer's Scholarship −1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/namn-och-nytt-idag-235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902142624/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/namn-och-nytt-idag-235|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2015|title=Nytt och nytt i dag|publisher=Dagens nyheter|language=Swedish|date=16 May 1997|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> * Bokhandelns val – 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/bokhandlarnas-basta-bocker_298280.svd|title=Bokhandlarnas bästa böcker|work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=Swedish|date=11 March 2006|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
===Nominations=== August Prize – 1995 (for Värddjuret).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.augustpriset.se/bidrag/varddjuret|title=Värddjuret|publisher=August Prize|language=Swedish|date=1995|accessdate=19 January 2015|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119153111/http://www.augustpriset.se/bidrag/varddjuret|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.mariehermanson.se/english/ Marie Hermanson's website], mainly in Swedish
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