Anneli Furmark was born in 1962 in Vallentuna, Sweden, and grew up in Lule\u00e5. She studied fine arts at the Ume\u00e5 Academy of Fine Arts and initially focused mainly on painting. Her passion for drawing and writing led to the creation of her first graphic novel, \u00bbLabyrinterna och andra serier\u00ab [2002; tr: The Mazes and Other Stories]. The story is about growing up in a small town in northern Sweden \u2013 a theme she has taken up again and again in her later works. The interaction between landscape and people, as well as music, also often plays a major role in all of her ten books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anneli Furmark has already been awarded the Swedish Urhunden Prize for comics on four occasions: in 2005 for \u00bbAmat\u00f6rernas afton\u00ab [2004; tr: Amateurs\u2019 Evening], a collection of six short stories, which, among other things, tell the story of a girl who wants to stop thinking all the time, a man who has had too many experiences, and a wife and mother who falls in love too often; 2008 for \u00bbJamen f\u00f6rl\u00e5t d\u00e5\u00ab [2007; tr: Well, Sorry Then], which includes stories about growing up in Norrland, the northernmost part of Sweden; 2016 for \u00bbDen r\u00f6da vintern\u00ab [2015; Eng. \u00bbRed Winter\u00ab, 2017], a love story complicated by political activism set in 1970s Sweden; and in 2021 for \u00bbG\u00e5 med mig till h\u00f6rnet\u00ab [2020; tr: Walk Me to the Corner], the first graphic novel by Furmark to be translated into German. Elise, in her mid-fifties, has two adult sons and has been happy \u2013 or at least content \u2013 in her marriage for over two decades. She meets Dagmar at a party. What begins as a text message exchange soon develops into a passionate affair. Elise speaks frankly to Henrik, her husband: she does not want to leave him, but still wants to continue seeing Dagmar. They separate. While Henrik looks for a new partner, Dagmar stays with her wife and two children. Elise must ask herself whether what she gets from Dagmar is enough for her. The sometimes-rough style of watercolor and crayon pictures captures the loud and quiet emotions of the characters \u2013 with a special focus on the world of things. The \u00bbGuardian\u00ab raved that \u00bbsomehow, she imbues even everyday objects \u2013 a quilt, a coffee cup, a freshly laundered vest \u2013 with an incredible tenderness, as if these things, too, had feelings.\u00ab<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author lives in Ume\u00e5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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