Kristina Lugn

Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn (; 14November 1948 – 9 May 2020) was a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy.

Early life Kristina Lugn was born in Tierp and grew up in Skövde where her father, Major-General Robert Lugn, served in the Skaraborg Armoured Regiment, and her mother, Brita-Stina, was a lecturer.

Career Kristina Lugn published eight collections of poems from 1972 with her debut Om jag inte. She also wrote drama and appeared in other media, for instance hosting the show Oförutsett which was broadcast on SVT in 1987. She hosted the show together with Jörn Donner and Bert Karlsson.

After the death of actor Allan Edwall in 1997, Lugn assumed the leadership of his small independent theatre Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, where she also staged several of her own plays. Much appreciated by the Swedish audience, she touched on subjects such as loneliness, death and mid-life crises with irony, cynicism and black humour. After 2011 it was run by her daughter, the author Martina Montelius.

Some of her poetry has been translated into Serbian by Eleonora Luthander. Several of her plays have also been performed at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre, including Tant Blomma, Idlaflickorna, Titta en älg! and Kvinnorna vid Svansjön. In 2002, Lugn hosted her own live talkshow for guests at Teater Brunnsgatan called Seg kväll med Lugn.

Together with author Henning Mankell, Kristina Lugn wrote the novel Tjuvbadarna.

Awards, distinctions, and music On 20 December 2006, Lugn was elected into the Swedish Academy to replace Lars Gyllensten in chair 14.

She won awards including the Dobloug Prize in 1999, the Selma Lagerlöf literature prize in 1999, the Bellman prize in 2002, the Gustaf Fröding Society's lyrics prize in 2007, and the Övralids prize in 2009.

Several known Swedish composers have worked with Lugn's poems including Gabriel Wilczkowski, Bo Ullman, Sven-David Sandström, Kim Hedås and Peter Gullin.

On 8 June 2014, Lugn was awarded the Karamelodiktstipendiet.

Death Lugn was found dead in her home on 9 May 2020; the cause of death has not been released.

Selected plays När det utbröt panik i det kollektiva omedvetna (When Panic Broke Out in the Collective Unconscious) 1986 Titta det blöder (Look It's Bleeding) 1987 Det vackra blir liksom över (The Beautiful Things Is Kind Of Left Out; American title, "The Hour of the Dog"; performed in New York and Edinburgh) 1989 Tant Blomma (Aunt Flower; American title, "Aunt Blossom"; performed in New York) 1993 Idlaflickorna (The Idla Girls) (American title, "The Old Girls at Lake Garda"; performed in New York) 1993 Silver Star (performed in New York) 1995 De tröstlösa (The Inconsolable) 1997 (written with Allan Edwall) Titta en älg (Look A Moose) 1999 Stulna juveler (Stolen Jewels; performed in New York) 2000 Eskil Johnassons flyttfirma (Eskil Johnasson's Mover Business) 2000 Begåvningsreserven (The Talent Reserve) 2002 Kvinnorna vid Svansjön (The Women by The Swan Lake) 2003 Två solstrålar på nya äventyr (Two Sunbeams On New Adventures) 2003 Var är Holger, Harald och Herrman? (Where Are Holger, Harald and Herrman?) 2004 Vera 2005 Det finns ett liv därborta i Vällingby (There Is A Life Over There at Vällingby) 2005 Gråt inte mer, Cecilia. Och inte du heller, Ursula (Don't Cry Anymore, Cecilia. And Not You Either, Ursula) 2005 Katarina den stora (Catherine The Great) 2006 Hjälp sökes (Help Sought) 2013 Hej, det är jag igen (Hi, It's Me Again) 2014 Source: