The Faculty of Dreams explained

The Faculty of Dreams (sv|Drömfakulteten) is a 2006 novel by Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.^[1] In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers.^[2] The book has been translated into Danish, English, Finnish, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and German.^[3]

The English translation, The Faculty of Dreams, by Deborah Bragan-Turner, was nominated in March 2019 for the Man Booker International Prize.^[4]

See also

• 2006 in literature
• Swedish literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: The winners. norden.org. Nordic Council. 2011-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012180508/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/the-nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/the-winners. 2012-10-12. dead.
2. Web site: Lindquist. Kristina. 2011-09-27. Sara Stridsberg: 'Drömfakulteten' är som en gammal passion. sv. Dagens Nyheter. 2011-11-05 . live. 2024-05-31. https://archive.today/20240531213431/https://www.webcitation.org/62xj1W17h?url=http://www.dn.se/dnbok/dnbok-hem/sara-stridsberg-dromfakulteten-ar-som-en-gammal-passion .
3. http://libris.kb.se/hitlist?d=libris&q=Dr%C3%B6mfakulteten%20Stridsberg Libris
4. Web site: 2019-03-13 . Novelist Stridsberg becomes first Swede to be nominated for Man Booker Prize . 2022-05-24 . The Local Sweden . en-US.