Eva Ström

Eva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer, and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Den brinnande zeppelinaren. Ström trained as a physician and worked in the medical profession 1974–1988 before becoming a full-time author.

She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2003 for the poetry collection Revbensstäderna ("The Rib Cities"). In January 2010, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

She is the mother of Karin Ström.

Awards Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2003 Jan Smrek Prize 2018, Slovakia