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{{Short description|Swedish poet (1948–2020)}}
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| birth_name       = Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn
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| birth_place      = [[Tierp]], [[Sweden]]
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| office              = [[Swedish Academy|Member of the Swedish Academy]]<br> (Seat No. 14)
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'''Gunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn''' ({{IPA|sv|krɪsˈtîːna ˈlɵŋːn|lang}}; 14{{nbsp}}November 1948&nbsp;– 9 May 2020)<ref name="dnavliden">Jones, Evelyn. "[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/ Författaren Kristina Lugn är död] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509144448/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/ |date=2020-05-09}}", [[Dagens Nyheter]] 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.</ref> was a Swedish poet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-academy/chair-no-14-kristina-lugn|title=Chair No. 14 - Information about academy member Kristina Lugn|website=svenskaakademien.se|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031052054/https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-academy/chair-no-14-kristina-lugn|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Du ska få ett Panoramafönster ~ Kristina Lugn (1948–)|language=sv|url=https://www.poeter.se/Las+Text?textId=893773|publisher=Poeter.se|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303141523/https://www.poeter.se/Las+Text?textId=893773|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and dramatist and member of the [[Swedish Academy]].<ref name="DN">{{cite news |last1=Lundborg |first1=Beatrice |title=Kristina Lugn – det sista geniet |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kristina-lugn-det-sista-geniet/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |access-date=24 February 2016 |date=6 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127135115/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kristina-lugn-det-sista-geniet/ |archive-date=27 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SvD">{{cite news|last1=Ekman|first1=Michel|title=Kristina Lugn mellan dikt och verklighet|url=http://www.svd.se/kristina-lugn-mellan-dikt-och-verklighet|newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|access-date=24 February 2016|date=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302145813/http://www.svd.se/kristina-lugn-mellan-dikt-och-verklighet|archive-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sundberg|first=Björn|title="Jag är baserad på verkliga personer-ironi och röstgivande i Kristina Lugns författarskap"(recension)|url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:516398/FULLTEXT01.pdf|journal=Samlaren-tidsskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning, 132 (2011)|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402184042/https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:516398/FULLTEXT01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Från hatad till älskad – så blev Kristina Lugn folkkär|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/fran-hatad-till-alskad-sa-blev-kristina-lugn-folkkar/|access-date=2020-12-20|journal=Expressen|language=sv|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203051201/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/fran-hatad-till-alskad-sa-blev-kristina-lugn-folkkar/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kristina Lugn was born in Tierp and grew up in [[Skövde]] where her father, Major-General [[Robert Lugn]], served in the [[Skaraborg Regiment (armoured)|Skaraborg Armoured Regiment]], and her mother, Brita-Stina, was a lecturer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kristina-lugn-fran-tierp-till-prinsessbrollop/|title=Kristina Lugn: Från Tierp till prinsessbröllop|date=9 May 2020|website=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509165239/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kristina-lugn-fran-tierp-till-prinsessbrollop/|archive-date=9 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Kristina Lugn published eight collections of poems from 1972 with her debut ''Om jag inte''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/|title=Författaren Kristina Lugn är död|date=9 May 2020|website=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509144448/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/|archive-date=9 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> She also wrote drama and appeared in other media, for instance hosting the show Oförutsett which was broadcast on [[Sveriges Television|SVT]] in 1987. She hosted the show together with [[Jörn Donner]] and [[Bert Karlsson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2020/05/09/forfattaren-och-akademiledamoten-kristina-lugn-ar-dod|title=Författaren och akademiledamoten Kristina Lugn är död|website=svenska.yle.fi|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512020905/https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2020/05/09/forfattaren-och-akademiledamoten-kristina-lugn-ar-dod|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the death of actor [[Allan Edwall]] in 1997, Lugn assumed the leadership of his small independent theatre [[Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra]] in [[Stockholm]], where she also staged several of her own plays.<ref name="auto"/> She was art director for the theatre until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/|title=Författaren Kristina lugn är död – blev 71 år gammal|website=Expressen|date=9 May 2020 |access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509221013/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod/|url-status=live}}</ref> Much appreciated by the Swedish audience, she touched on subjects such as loneliness, death and mid-life crises with irony, cynicism and black humour.<ref>{{cite news|title="Författarskapet är min enda räddning från mig själv"<!--quotes in original-->|publisher=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|date=20 April 2014}} Retrieved 9 May 2020</ref> After 2011 it was run by her daughter, the author [[Martina Montelius]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Om Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra |url=http://brunnsgatanfyra.se/ |publisher=Brunnsgatan Fyra |access-date=9 May 2020|date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617182302/http://brunnsgatanfyra.se/ |archive-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lisinski |first1=Tomas |title=Brunnsgatan Fyra med Lugn. Ny ledning. Kristina Lugn och Edwalls barn inviger med "Nattorienterarna" som hon skrivit själv |url=http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/brunnsgatan-fyra-med-lugn-ny-ledning-kristina-lugn-och-edwalls |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |access-date=24 February 2016 |date=14 October 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113050/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/brunnsgatan-fyra-med-lugn-ny-ledning-kristina-lugn-och-edwalls |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>

Some of her poetry has been translated into Serbian by [[Eleonora Luthander]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Diktogram Dikter med sinnesglädje och estradpoetisk energi |url=http://www.svd.se/dikter-med-sinnesgladje-och-estradpoetisk-energi |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |date=30 January 2008 |archive-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815204200/https://www.svd.se/dikter-med-sinnesgladje-och-estradpoetisk-energi |url-status=live |last1=Hedlund |first1=Tom }}</ref> Several of her plays have also been performed at Stockholm's [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]], including ''Tant Blomma'', ''Idlaflickorna'', ''Titta en älg!'' and ''Kvinnorna vid Svansjön''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/kristina-kunde-gora-poesi-av-diskborste|title="Helt oersättlig" – så minns vännerna Kristina Lugn|first=Erik|last=Olsson|newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=9 May 2020|access-date=9 May 2020|via=www.svd.se|archive-date=10 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510091413/https://www.svd.se/kristina-kunde-gora-poesi-av-diskborste|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Lugn hosted her own live talkshow for guests at Teater Brunnsgatan called ''Seg kväll med Lugn''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article10304364.ab|title=Seg kväll hur läskig som helst|website=[[Aftonbladet]]|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

Together with author [[Henning Mankell]], Kristina Lugn wrote the novel ''Tjuvbadarna''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albertbonniersforlag.se/forfattare/6588/kristina-lugn/|title=Kristina Lugn|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823034500/http://www.albertbonniersforlag.se/Forfattare/Forfattarpresentation/?PersonId=6588|archive-date=23 August 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards, distinctions, and music==
On 20 December 2006, Lugn was elected into the [[Swedish Academy]] to replace [[Lars Gyllensten]] in chair 14.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/lugn-kristina/|title=Lugn, Kristina|website=Nordic Women's Literature|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018111750/https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/lugn-kristina/|archive-date=18 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulf-times.com/story/613459|title=Swedish Academy names new jury members for Nobel Prize in literature|date=19 November 2018|website=Gulf-Times|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120190710/https://www.gulf-times.com/story/613459|archive-date=20 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

She won awards including the [[Dobloug Prize]] in 1999, the [[Selma Lagerlöf Prize|Selma Lagerlöf literature prize]] in 1999, the Bellman prize in 2002, the Gustaf Fröding Society's lyrics prize in 2007, and the Övralids prize in 2009.<ref name="auto1"/>

During the [[Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria|wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling]] on 19 June 2010, a newly composed piece of music called "Vilar glad. I din famn", composed by Lugn was performed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/6noy4o|title=Så var musiken vid vigseln|website=Aftonbladet|date=19 June 2010 |access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402184035/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/6noy4o/sa-var-musiken-under-vigseln|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several known Swedish composers have worked with Lugn's poems including [[Gabriel Wilczkowski]], Bo Ullman, [[Sven-David Sandström]], Kim Hedås and Peter Gullin.<ref>[http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=Kristina+Lugn Kristina Lugn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194257/http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=Kristina+Lugn |date=4 March 2016 }} mic.se Retrieved 9 May 2020</ref>

On 8 June 2014, Lugn was awarded the Karamelodiktstipendiet.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Povel Ramel - Sällskapet - Karamelodiktstipendiater|url=http://www.povelramelsallskapet.se/index.php?action=m2&tema1=Apropovel&tema2=KristinaLugn|work=www.povelramelsallskapet.se|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413041152/http://www.povelramelsallskapet.se/index.php?action=m2&tema1=Apropovel&tema2=KristinaLugn|archive-date=13 April 2016|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

==Death==
Lugn was found dead in her home on 9 May 2020; the cause of death has not been released.<ref name="auto"/>

== Selected bibliography==
* ''Om jag inte'' (If I Not) 1972
* ''Till min man, om han kunde läsa'' (To My Husband, If He Could Read) 1976
* ''Döda honom!'' (Kill Him!)  1978
* ''Om ni hör ett skott'' (If You Hear A Gun Shot) 1979
* ''Percy Wennerfors'' 1982
* ''Bekantskap önskas med äldre bildad herre'' (Looking For Acquaintance With Educated Older Gentleman) 1983
* ''Lugn bara Lugn'' (Lugn Just Lugn) 1984
* ''Hundstunden'' (The Dog Hour) 1989
* ''Samlat lugn'' (Collected Lugn) 1997
* ''Nattorienterarna'' (The Night Orienteers) 1999
* ''Hej då, ha det så bra'' (Good Bye, Have A Great Time) 2003
*''Source:''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/de-aderton/stol-nr-14-kristina-lugn/kristina-lugn-selektiv-bibliografi |title=Kristina Lugn, selektiv bibliografi &#124; Svenska Akademien |website=svenskaakademien.se |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231072644/https://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/de-aderton/stol-nr-14-kristina-lugn/kristina-lugn-selektiv-bibliografi |archive-date=31 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Selected plays==
* ''När det utbröt panik i det kollektiva omedvetna'' (When Panic Broke Out in the Collective Unconscious) 1986
* ''Titta det blöder'' (Look It's Bleeding) 1987
* ''Det vackra blir liksom över'' (The Beautiful Things Is Kind Of Left Out; American title, "The Hour of the Dog"; performed in New York and Edinburgh) 1989
* ''Tant Blomma'' (Aunt Flower; American title, "Aunt Blossom"; performed in New York) 1993
* ''Idlaflickorna'' (The Idla Girls) (American title, "The Old Girls at Lake Garda"; performed in New York) 1993
* ''Silver Star'' (performed in New York) 1995
* ''De tröstlösa'' (The Inconsolable) 1997 (written with [[Allan Edwall]])
* ''Titta en älg'' (Look A Moose) 1999
* ''Stulna juveler'' (Stolen Jewels; performed in New York) 2000
* ''Eskil Johnassons flyttfirma'' (Eskil Johnasson's Mover Business) 2000
* ''Begåvningsreserven'' (The Talent Reserve) 2002
* ''Kvinnorna vid Svansjön'' (The Women by The Swan Lake) 2003
* ''Två solstrålar på nya äventyr'' (Two Sunbeams On New Adventures) 2003
* ''Var är Holger, Harald och Herrman?'' (Where Are Holger, Harald and Herrman?) 2004
* ''Vera'' 2005
* ''Det finns ett liv därborta i Vällingby'' (There Is A Life Over There at Vällingby) 2005
* ''Gråt inte mer, Cecilia. Och inte du heller, Ursula'' (Don't Cry Anymore, Cecilia. And Not You Either, Ursula) 2005
* ''Katarina den stora'' (Catherine The Great) 2006
* ''Hjälp sökes'' (Help Sought) 2013
* ''Hej, det är jag igen'' (Hi, It's Me Again) 2014
''Source:'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dalademokraten.se/artikel/sevarda-pjaser-av-kristina-lugn|title=Sevärda pjäser av Kristina Lugn|date=15 February 2015|website=dalademokraten.se|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022174810/https://www.dalademokraten.se/artikel/sevarda-pjaser-av-kristina-lugn|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.brunnsgatanfyra.nu/ The Brunnsgatan Fyra Theatre]

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