Maj Sjöwall

Maj Sjöwall
Maj Sjöwall in 2009
Born	September 25, 1935 (1935-09-25) (age 76) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Novelist, Translator
Nationality	Swedish
Genres	Crime fiction
Influenced Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson

Maj Sjöwall (born September 25, 1935 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for the collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm. In 1971, the fourth of these books, The Laughing Policeman (a translation of Den skrattande polisen, originally published in 1968) won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel and was adapted into the film The Laughing Policeman starring Walter Matthau. They also wrote novels separately.

Sjöwall had a 13 year relationship with Wahlöö which lasted until his death in 1975.^[1] She is a Marxist, as was Wahlöö.

See also

• Sjöwall and Wahlöö

References

1. ^ The queen of crime, The Observer Sunday 22 November 2009

External links

• Author overview at Books and Writers (Finland).
• Maj Sjöwall at the Swedish Film Database

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Name	Sjowall, Maj
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Date of birth	September 25, 1935
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
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