Danny Wattin was born in Fresta, a suburb of Stockholm, in 1973. He is a playwright and author of prose for children and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wattin’s style is characterized by satirical and bizarre stories that move between the absurd and the ordinary. His first work, \u00bbStockholms\u00e4gner\u00ab [2006; tr: Stockholm Stories], was initially self-published by the author. It quickly became a success and was one of the most talked about Swedish debuts of that year. The collection consists of unusual, interwoven short stories about the absurdity of city life. In 2013, Wattin published his first book for children, \u00bbPojken i tr\u00e4dkojan\u00ab [2013; tr: The Boy in the Treehouse], which was written in collaboration with twenty-two nine-year-old schoolchildren. The suspenseful story tells of the orphan Johan, who lives alone in a tree house because he doesn’t want to go to an orphanage. \u00bbMr. Isakowitz skatt\u00ab [2014; Eng. \u00bbThe Treasure of Mr. Isakowitz\u00ab, 2015] was the first of Wattin’s books to be translated into German. It is based on a journey that the author undertook with his father and son to find a treasure that, according to family legend, his great-grandfather had buried before he was deported to a concentration camp. The young adult novel \u00bbDavid den mindre vises protokoll\u00ab [2022; tr: David’s Dilemma] is the author’s most recent work and his second publication in German translation. The novel is told from the perspective of the Jewish boy David, who gets deeper and deeper into a messy situation as a result of a series of bad decisions. With this story, Wattin takes a \u00bbsharply satirical look at the absurdities of anti-Semitism\u00ab, according to the \u00bbJ\u00fcdische Allgemeine\u00ab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wattin’s children’s book \u00bbPojken i tr\u00e4dkojan\u00ab was adapted as a musical entitled \u00bbJohanna\u00ab and celebrated its premiere at Uppsala City Theater in 2023. \u00bbThe Treasure of Mr. Isakowitz\u00ab has been published in fourteen countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author lives in Uppsala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":79536,"template":"","jct-role":[1080],"jct-origin":[519],"jct-ilb-years":[906],"class_list":["post-79539","authors","type-authors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jct-role-author","jct-origin-sweden","jct-ilb-years-2024-en"],"yoast_head":"\n