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Date of Birth
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1947
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Place of Birth
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Lidingö
(Sweden, Stockholm County, Lidingö Municipality, Uppland)
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Nationality
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Sweden
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Also know as
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Dr. Eva Ström
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Profession
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Physician, Lyricist, Novelist, Biographer, Literary critic
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Eva Ström 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. In January 2010, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
She is the mother of Karin Ström.
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