Susanne Ringell

Susanne Gun Emilia Ringell (28 February 1955, Helsinki) is a Finnish writer and actress. She graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy as an actor in 1981 and has mainly worked as a freelance actor and writer. Her only permanent employment has been at the Swedish Theatre in 1981–1983. Ringell's husband was actor-writer Anders Larsson (1952–2021). Ringell was granted an artist's pension in 2019.

Awards and honours 1994 – Granberg-Sumeliuska prize for Det förlovade Barnet 1995 – Prix Italia main prize for Vestalen 1998 – Award of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland for the short story collection Åtta kroppar 2004 – Prix Europa Radio France for Och om bettlare och vägmän 2004 – Svenska Litteratursällskapet society award for the novel Katt begraven 2008 – Hugo Bergroth Award 2010 – Svenska Yle's literary award for Vattnen 2010 – Bergbom prize of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland 2015 – Award of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

Selected works Det förlovade barnet (short stories, 1993) Vestalen: Ett radioporträtt med störningar (1994) Gall eller Våra osynliga väntrum: En berättelse i sviter (1994) Vara sten (1996) Åtta kroppar (1998) Av blygsel blev Adele fet: Alfabetiska nedslag (short stories, 2000) Katt begraven (novel, 2003) En god Havanna: Besläktat (short stories, 2006) Ryggens nymåne: Prosalyrisk svit (2009) Simma näck: En pjäs (2009) Vattnen (short stories, 2010) På utvägen var jag en annan (2012) Guiden (2014) Tärnornas station (2014) God morgon (2017) Frimärken (2019)