Ann Jäderlund | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and playwright |
| Awards | Dobloug Prize (2004) |
Ann Jäderlund (born 1955) is a Swedish poet and playwright. She made her literary debut in 1985 with the poetry collectionVimpelstaden. Other collections areSnart går jag i sommaren ut from 1990 andI en cylinder i vattnet av vattengråt from 2006.[1] She was awarded theDobloug Prize in 2004.[2]Esa-Pekka Salonen used her workTwo Poems to Songs for a choral work in 2002.[3]
Jäderlund has had a collaboration with the artists Agnes Monus and Mikael Lundberg and the poet Magnus William-Olsson, who resulted in an exhibition at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 2009. She has received her poem suite "Purpurbit" compared by Staffan Odenhall.[4] Jäderlund has also translated poems by Emily Dickinson into Swedish.[5]
She is also a playwright. 1995 the playSalome was staged at theRoyal Dramatic Theatre, directed byÅsa Kalmér. It is based on the biblical story ofSalome dancing forKing Herod and his entourage. The king and his men are so enchanted that he promises her a reward, and at the urging of her motherHerodias, she demands the head ofJohn the Baptist on a platter. In Jäderlund's play, however, it is the enchanted men who are killed one by one by Salome.[6][7]
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