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(b.1957 in Sundbyberg, Sweden) is a novelist, essayist, and critic living in Uppsala. From 1984 to 1990 he was the editor of the literary journal Bonniers Litterära Magasin.
Larsmo has published numerous books, including: Engelska parken (novel, 1985), Odysséer (essays, 1990), Stumheten (short stories, 1991), Himmel och jord må brinna (novel, 1993), Maroonberget (novel, 1996), net.wars (with Lars Ilshammar, essays, 1993), Norra Vasa 133 (novel, 1999), Andra sidan (essays, 2001), En glänta i skogen (novel, 2004), Djävulssonaten (essay/reportage, 2007) and Jag vill inte tjäna (novel, 2009). He is the president of Swedish PEN.Eurozine Articles
The words that kill
The challenge is to find the words with which to counter the visions of purity harboured by the propagators of terror. Ola Larsmo on the recent spate of terrorist acts in Sweden and Norway, culminating in the massacre in Oslo and Utøya on 22 July. [more]
The temptations of the dinosaur theory
Does the rise of "new media" signal the death of the "old"? No, writes Ola Larsmo in his cordial critique of this "dinosaur theory", which has been dug up again in the debate about weblogs. What we see in the media landscape is not the survival of the fittest but instead a more and more differentiated media structure, where different types of media find their niche or their own special way to function. [more]
A struggle for modernity
What does Sweden's rejection of the euro really mean?
What is at stake in the Swedish euro-debate is not Europe itself but a certain concept of modernity and progress. [more]
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