Susanne Ringell

Susanne Gun Emilia Ringell (28 February 1955, Helsinki) is a Finnish writer and actress. She graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy as an actor in 1981 and has mainly worked as a freelance actor and writer. Her only permanent employment has been at the Swedish Theatre in 1981–1983.^[1][2] Ringell's husband was actor-writer Anders Larsson (1952–2021). Ringell was granted an artist's pension in 2019.^[3]

Susanne Ringell (2017)

Awards and honours

• 1994 – Granberg-Sumeliuska prize for Det förlovade Barnet
• 1995 – Prix Italia main prize for Vestalen
• 1998 – Award of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland for the short story collection Åtta kroppar
• 2004 – Prix Europa Radio France for Och om bettlare och vägmän
• 2004 – Svenska Litteratursällskapet society award for the novel Katt begraven
• 2008 – Hugo Bergroth Award
• 2010 – Svenska Yle's literary award for Vattnen
• 2010 – Bergbom prize of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
• 2015 – Award of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

Selected works

• Det förlovade barnet (short stories, 1993)
• Vestalen: Ett radioporträtt med störningar (1994)
• Gall eller Våra osynliga väntrum: En berättelse i sviter (1994)
• Vara sten (1996)
• Åtta kroppar (1998)
• Av blygsel blev Adele fet: Alfabetiska nedslag (short stories, 2000)
• Katt begraven (novel, 2003)
• En god Havanna: Besläktat (short stories, 2006)
• Ryggens nymåne: Prosalyrisk svit (2009)
• Simma näck: En pjäs (2009)
• Vattnen (short stories, 2010)
• På utvägen var jag en annan (2012)
• Guiden (2014)
• Tärnornas station (2014)
• God morgon (2017)
• Frimärken (2019)