Nina Burton

Eva Ulla Nina Burton (born 5 October 1946) is a Swedish poet and essayist.

Career

Burton's writings have, among other things, focused on the intersection between natural sciences and humanities. The essay book Den nya kvinnostaden was nominated for the August Prize in 2005. Her book Flodernas bok won Stora fackbokspriset in 2012. In 2016 Burton was awarded the August Prize for non-fiction for Gutenberggalaxens nova. She was nominated to the culture prize of Dagens Nyheter in 2021 for her book Livets tunna väggar.

She has been a member of the Samfundet De Nio literary society since 1994 and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2009.

Works 1984 – Mellan eld och skugga. Studier i den lyriska motsägelsen hos Werner Aspenström 1987 – Bakom den gröna dörren 1988 – Den hundrade poeten 1991 – Alkemins blå eld, tillsammans med Saleh Oweini 1994 – Resans syster, poesin 1998 – Det splittrade alfabetet 2000 – De röda minustalen (diktsamling) 2002 – Det som muser viskat 2005 – Den nya kvinnostaden 2008 – Ett svar i 24 skärvor 2012 – Flodernas bok 2016 – Gutenberggalaxens nova: En essäberättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, humanismen och 1500-talets medierevolution 2020 – Livets tunna väggar 2022 – Variationer på imperfekt

Awards

2006 – Gerard Bonniers essäpris 2007 – Aspenströmpriset 2007 – Gun och Olof Engqvists stipendium 2007 – Letterstedtska författarpriset 2008 – Sorescupriset 2012 – Stora fackbokspriset 2016 – August Prize for Gutenberggalaxens nova: En essäberättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, humanismen och 1500-talets medierevolution 2017 – Svenska Akademiens essäpris 2020 – Övralidspriset