Kristina Sigunsdotter is a Swedish author, artist and playwright with a B.A. in ethnology, English and journalism. For the book The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson, she was awarded the August Prize. Her books have been sold to countries worldwide and she has been praised by, among others, Gayle Forman in the NY Times: “There is a particular intensity to young female friendships that’s rarely depicted in literature (Elena Ferrante notwithstanding), let alone children’s literature. But Sigunsdotter’s honest voice and Eriksson’s sophisticated and generously distributed art come together to honor the passion of these friendships, and the pain that accompanies their dissolution."
Kristina Sigunsdotter debuted with the poetry book Sjöpojken 2011, followed by the critically acclaimed novel Rovfåglar etc. In 2017 her first children's book Min krokodil tror att den är en racerbil was published by Bonnier Carlsen. Sigunsdotter is honoured for her language and her ability to portray young women in social disadvantage. She is the winner of the August prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in Sweden. Her plays has been performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre. As a songwriter she has collaborated with artists such as Nicolai Dunger, Dreaming Of Islands and Georg Riedel. She is the founder of The Poetry Factory, a poetry workshop for children.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bims värld - Skolnatten, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Jenny Jordahl (March 2022)
Hola Humlan Hansson, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Ester Eriksson (2021)
Nattpojken, Bonnier Carlsen, illustrator Sara Gimbergsson (winter 2020)
Landet som icke är, Förlaget, illustrator Clara Dackenberg (fall 2020)
Nominated for the Runeberg Junior-prize 2021.
Humlan Hanssons hemligheter, Natur & kultur, illustrator Ester Eriksson (2020)
Winner of the August prize 2020.
Kryptosapiens - Ett omänskligt äventyr, Svensk Sci Fi, illustrator Johan Jergner (2019)
JAZZOO 2, cooperation with Oddjob, illustrator Ben Javens (2018)
Hundgården, novel, Skröna förlag (2017)
Min krokodil tror att den är en racerbil, Bonnier Carlsen, illustrator Sara Gimbergsson (2017)
Rovfåglar osv. novel, Rymden förlag (2014)
Sjöpojken, poetry, Tusculum förlag (2011)
2022
18.3
Bims värld - Skolnatten
Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
2.2
SKRIVCAFÉ
Online workshop
2021
8.10
Hola Humlan Hansson
Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
31.3
SKRIVCAFÉ
Online workshop
2020
6.12
Topelius sagor och Landet som icke är
Talk with Hanna Kurtén and Wivan Nygård-Fagerudd
Bokström
1.12
Nattpojken
Children's book, Bonnier Carlsen
23.11
AUGUSTGALAN
12.11 18.00 Swedish time
Edith Södergran för en ny generation
Talk with Monika Fagerholm about Landet som icke är
Vasa LittFest
11.11
August nominee tour
Kristina Sigunsdotter, Emma Virke and Lydia Sandgren
Mölndal
20.09
Landet som icke är
Picture book, Förlaget
19.09 - 10.01 2021
Text in Signe Johannesens art movie "Mr. Deer" at her single exhibition "Trofé",
Ystad Konsthall
05.08
Humlan Hanssons hemligheter
Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
2019
10.31
Kryptosapiens - Ett omänskligt äventyr
Children's fantasy book, Svensk Sci Fi
10.02
ORAKLET
Text in performance with Oda Brakke on lake Frösjön
2018
11.01
JAZZOO 2
Children's/jazz book, Oddjob
05.05
Hundgården Soundtrack
Release party of Hundgården's soundtrack "Sjung med flugorna" at Atelje Lönngatan. Listen on Spotify.
2017
12.11
Hundgården
Horror novel (The Dog Yard), Skröna
Min krokodil tror att den är en racerbil
Children's book, Bonnier Carlsen
RITUALERNA
Poetry reading with Sigrun Bragadottir
2016
ANONYMOUSE
Crashed the NOIX DE VIE-party
ORDKONST
Text - Satansverserna
PERIOD ZINE
Text - Watch Out For Moonlight (and other maternity advice)
DOCKHAVERI
Text - Sprickljus, in the anthology Dock-ument
KASTRATET
Poetry - Kamikaze
2015
25.12
DAVID STENBECKS FÖRLAG
Release of e-book - Rovfåglar osv.
1.12
PERIODZINE
Short story - Ines' skin
30.5
ETT LYSANDE NAMN
Short story - Louisiana
2014
5.9
ROVFÅGLAR OSV.
Release party at Galleri Vasli Souza, Gustav Adolfs torg 10 B, Malmö.
12.9
ROVFÅGLAR OSV.
Release party at Showroom 57, Upplandsgatan 57, Stockholm
11.1
SPINNEREI
CHROMOPHOBIA, art video at the Spinnerei Winterrundgang, Leipzig
2013
7.12
SPINNEREI
PHOBOPHOBIA, exhibition with Australian artist David Ralph at Halle 14, Leipzig
7.11
SPINNEREI
Remaking German Culture, performance at Halle 18, Leipzig
25.8
GLUPSK
FRUKOSTKLUBBEN (The Breakfast Club), workshop: make art out of your breakfast!
1-23.6
NOT QUITE GALLERY
Vill du veta en hemlighet (Do You want to know a secret?), exhibition with Karl Hallberg
8.6
ART IN THE GREEN BOX
BLACK SEA DIARY, permanent sculpture, Skottvångs grufva
RIKSTEATERN
Flickorna (The Girls), short horror film script in the Riksteatern anthology NY TEXT! vol. 6
ANIMAE
ANIMAE #1, fanzine
2012
20.11
Södra Teatern
WOW BOB WOW: Twin Peaks group art exhibition
SKEPPET
Skådespelerskans lägenhet (The Actress' Apartment), text/trip
ART LAB
Benknäckaren, text in Fält #1
22.9
LOGIK, Västerås
Black Sea Diary, photography and poetry-installation at LOGIK 12:2
4 - 26.8
Skottvångs Grufva, Sörmlandsleden, etapp 15 & Studio 44, Stockholm
Black Sea Diary, photography and poetry-installation & permanent sculpture at ART IN THE GREEN BOX, Studio 44.
2011
15-16.10 2 shows each day 13.00 and 15.00
Stockholms stadsteater, Barnpoesifestivalen
Scriptwriter: Systrarna Stormhatt & Det Stora Fågeläventyret
23.9 14.00
Bok & Bibliotek Göteborg Book Fair, Rum för poesi
Sjöpojken - Reading
19.8 17.00 - 17.30
Malmöfestivalen, Hamrelius, Södergatan
Sjöpojken - Reading
23.4 - 8.5
Konsthall C, Stockholm
Unfinished analogies is a paper tape exhibition and Centrifug project curated by Jacquelyn Davis of Valeveil: a Stockholm-based curatorial node. Kristina Sigunsdotter is participating with the poetry installation Kalkflickan (The Lime Girl).
21.12 - 20.2
Formverk, Eskilstuna
Exhibition with Samir Al-Nehlaoui - Den romantiska revolutionen & Drömgeneratorn
11.4 18.00
Stadsbibliotekets Bokbazar Poesi
Release of Sjöpojken and reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
13.4 19.00
Högkvarteret Stockholm
Release party and reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz + guest artists Ola Joyce and Anna Wallander + the artists Olle Forsslöf, Patrick Ryan Crotty and Elliot Alfredius will make Sjöpojken-tattoos!
The party is sponsored by Matton.
18.4 18.00
Sturebiblioteket Stockholm
Sjöpojken - reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
19.4 19.00
Västerås Stadsbibliotek
Sjöpojken - reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
2010
Kvarteret, Bergen, Norway
Reading + Sound, poetry and photo-exhibition - Lovesongs
Göteborg Book Fair, Rum för poesi
Reading with poet David Uppgren - Elementen
Pluto, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Klubb Soaré Lorca, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Gnesta Konsthall, Gnesta
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Tellus, Chimos vänkväll, Stockholm
Reading - Sjöpojken
2009
Martin van Blerck contemporary art-gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
Sound, poetry and photo-exhibition - Lovesongs
Gallery Box, Göteborg
Group exhibition - KÅT A4
Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgård, Stockholm
Reading
Future Home, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund and cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)