Sara Danius
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Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University,[1] docent of literature at Uppsala University[2] and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.[3]
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Sara Maria Danius | |
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Born | Sara Maria Danius (1962-04-05)5 April 1962 Täby, Sweden |
Died | 12 October 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 57) Stockholm, Sweden |
Alma mater | Uppsala University Duke University University of Nottingham Stockholm University |
Spouse |
Stefan Jonsson (m. 1989–2010) |
Children | 1 |
Institutions | Swedish Academy Södertörn University Uppsala University Stockholm University |
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 7) | |
In office 20 December 2013 – 26 February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Knut Ahnlund |
Succeeded by | Åsa Wikforss |
Permament Secretary of the Swedish Academy | |
In office May 2015 – April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Peter Englund |
Succeeded by | Anders Olsson |
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Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary.[4] She was one of the central figures in the 2018 controversies resulting in the cancellation of the Nobel Prize in Literature that year and the following restructuring of the academy.[5]