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{{short description|Swedish physician and writer}}
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'''Per Christian Jersild''', better known as ''P. C. Jersild'', (born 14 March 1935) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] author and physician.<ref name="NE">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|url=http://www.ne.se/p-c-jersild|title=P C Jersild|language=sv|access-date=2010-05-10}}</ref> He also holds an honorary [[doctorate]] from the Faculty of Medicine at [[Uppsala University]] from 22 January 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/|title = Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden}}</ref> and another one in engineering from the [[Royal Institute of Technology]] (1999).

== Biography ==

P. C. Jersild was born in [[Katrineholm]] in a middle-class family.

His first book was ''Räknelära'' which he released 1960 at the age of 25, although he had already been writing for 10 years at that time. Until now he has written 35 books, usually focused on social criticism. His most famous work is ''Barnens ö'' (''Children's Island''), which tells the story of a young boy, on the verge of adulthood, who runs off from a children's summer camp to spend time alone in the big city, [[Stockholm]]. Other notable books include ''Babels hus'' (''The House of Babel''), which gives an account of the inhuman treatment of patients at a large modern hospital, said to be modeled on the [[Karolinska University Hospital|Karolinska Hospital]] in Huddinge outside Stockholm, and the science fiction novel ''En levande själ'' (''A Living Soul''), about a living, thinking and feeling human brain floating in a container of liquid.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IWJ6DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Swedish+author+P.C.+Jersild%22+%22A+Living+Soul%22+brain+aquarium&pg=PA134 Evolution and I]</ref>

Aside from his literary production, Jersild has also been a columnist for [[Dagens Nyheter]] since the mid-1980s. In 1999, he was elected a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kva.se/en/Members/Ledamoter-page/?personId=2407|access-date=2010-05-10|title=Person page: Per Christian Jersild|publisher=[[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]|work=www.kva.se}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'s Literary Prize 1973 
*The Aniara Prize 1974 
*The Kellgren Prize 1990 
*"[[Samfundet De Nios stora pris]]" (''Society of the Nine's Grans Prize'') 1998
*Övralidspriset 2007
*[[Swedish Humanist Association#Ingemar Hedenius Award|Ingemar Hedenius Award]] 2007

==Bibliography==
*[[Räknelära]], 1960 
*[[Till varmare länder]], 1961 
*[[Ledig lördag]], 1963 
*[[Resa genom världen]], 1965 
*[[Pyton (book)|Pyton]], 1966 
*[[Prins Valiant och Konsum]], 1966 
*[[Grisjakten]], 1968 
*[[Vi ses i Song My]], 1970 
*[[Drömpojken]], 1970
*[[Uppror bland marsvinen]], 1972 
*[[Stumpen]], 1973 
*[[Djurdoktorn]], 1973 (''The Animal Doctor'', trans. [[Margareta Paul]] & [[David M. Paul]])
*[[Den elektriska kaninen]], 1974 
*[[Barnens ö]], 1976  (see also the [[Barnens ö (film)|1980 film]]) (''Children's Island'', trans. [[Joan Tate]])
*[[Babels hus]], 1978 (''House of Babel'', trans. [[Joan Tate]])
*[[En levande själ]], 1980 (''A Living Soul'', trans. [[Rika Lesser]])
*[[Professionella bekännelser]], 1981 
*[[Efter floden]], 1982 (''After the Flood'', trans. [[George Blecher]] & Lone Thygesen Blecher) 
*[[Lit de parade (novel)|Lit de parade]], 1983 
*[[Den femtionde frälsaren]], 1984 
*[[Geniernas återkomst]], 1987 
*[[Svarta villan]], 1987 
*[[Röda hund]], 1988 
*[[Ett ensamt öra]], 1989 
*[[Fem hjärtan i en tändsticksask]], 1989 
*[[En livsåskådsningsbok]], 1990 
*[[Alice och Nisse i lustiga huset]], 1991 
*[[Holgerssons]], 1991 
*[[Röda hund]], 1991 
*[[Hymir (book)|Hymir]], 1993 
*[[En gammal kärlek]], 1995 
*[[Ett gammal kylskåp och en förkyld hund]], 1995
*[[Sena sagor]], 1998
*[[Darwins ofullbordade: Om människans biologiska natur]], 1999
*[[Ljusets Drottning]], 2000
*[[Hundra Fristående Kolumner i Dagens Nyheter]], 2002
*[[Ypsilon (novel)|Ypsilon]], 2012

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[[Category:20th-century Swedish physicians]]
[[Category:Karolinska Institute alumni]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners]]
[[Category:Dobloug Prize winners]]
[[Category:Litteris et Artibus recipients]]
[[Category:Swedish male novelists]]
[[Category:People from Katrineholm]]
[[Category:Writers from Södermanland County]]