Jonas Jonasson

The son of an ambulance driver and a nurse, Jonasson was born and raised in Växjö in southern Sweden.^[3] After studying Swedish and Spanish at the University of Gothenburg, Jonasson worked as a journalist for the Växjö newspaper Smålandsposten, and for the Swedish evening tabloid Expressen, where he remained until 1994. In 1996, he founded a media company, OTW, which grew to 100 employees. He stopped working in 2003, after having two major back operations and being overworked. He later sold his company.^[3] In 2007, he completed his first book The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It was published in Sweden in 2009.^[3][4][5] Since 2010, Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.^[3][6]

• Swedish Booksellers Award (2010).^[7]
• German Pioneer Prize (M-Pionier Preis) from Mayersche Buchhandlung (2011).^[8]
• Danish Audiobook Award (2011).^[9]
• Prix Escapades (2012).^[10]

Jonasson's first novel has achieved worldwide success. Telling the adventures of a centenarian who escapes from a care home, it has been translated into some 35 languages, selling over a million copies in Germany and over 2.5 million worldwide (as of 2012).^[6]

• Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 978-91-642-0296-3. (in Swedish)
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, paperback, Hyperion Books, New York 2012. ISBN 978-1-4013-2464-3.
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (translated by Rod Bradbury), Hesperus Press, London 2012. ISBN 978-1-84391-372-6.
• Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand (translated by Wibke Kuhn), carl's books, München 2011. ISBN 978-3-570-58501-6. (in German)
• Le Vieux qui ne voulait pas fêter son anniversaire, Presses de la Cité, Paris 2011. ISBN 9782258086449. (in French)
• Stoletý stařík, který vylezl z okna a zmizel (translated by Zbyněk Černík), Panteon, Mladá Boleslav 2012. ISBN 978-80-87697-00-9. (in Czech)
• A százéves ember, aki kimászott az ablakon és eltűnt (translated by László Kúnos), Athenaeum, Budapest 2011. ISBN 978-963-293-183-8. (in Hungarian)
• Stogodišnjak koji je iskočio kroz prozor i nestao (translated by Marija Popović), Mladinska knjiga, Beograd 2013. ISBN 978-86-7928-398-6. (in Serbian)
• Ο εκατοντάχρονος που πήδηξε από το παράθυρο και εξαφανίστηκε, Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2013. ISBN 978-960-496-859-6. (in Greek)
• Stulatek, który wyskoczył przez okno i zniknął (translated by Joanna Myszkowska-Mangold), Świat Książki, Warszawa 2012. ISBN 9788377990612. (in Polish)
• သက်တော်ရာကျော်ရှည်စေသော်ဝ် (ဘာသာပြန်=သင့်လူ). (in Burmese)
• הזקן בן המאה שיצא מהחלון ונעלם (translated by Ruth Shapira), Keter Books, Ben Shemen 2011. ISBN 9789650719401. (in Hebrew)
• Столітній чоловік, що виліз у вікно і зник (translated by Natalia Ilishchuk), Кафе Птах, Lviv 2021. ISBN 978-617-95185-0-8. (in Ukrainian)

Jonasson's second novel, about an orphan from Soweto who by chance becomes involved in international politics, was released on 25 September 2013:

• Analfabeten som kunde räkna, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2013. ISBN 978-91-642-0396-0. (in Swedish)
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, Ecco Press, New York City 2014. ISBN 978-0-06-232912-7.
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles), 4th Estate, London 2014. ISBN 978-0-00-755790-5.
• Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte (translated by Wibke Kuhn), carl's books, München 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-58512-2. (in German)
• Az analfabéta, aki tudott számolni (translated by László Kúnos), Athenaeum, Budapest 2013. ISBN 9789632932903. (in Hungarian)
• L'Analphabète qui savait compter, Presses de la Cité, Paris 2013. ISBN 9782258097063. (in French)
• Η αναλφάβητη που ήξερε να μετρά, Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2014. ISBN 978-618-01-0658-9. (in Greek)
• Analfabetka, která uměla počítat (translated by Luisa Robovská), Panteon, Turnov 2015. ISBN 978-80-87697-36-8. (in Czech)
• Analfabetka, która potrafiła liczyć (translated by Bratumiła Pawłowska-Pettersson), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warszawa 2015. ISBN 9788328015104. (in Polish)
• ကယ္တင္႐ွင္ (ဘာသာပြန်=သင့်လူ). (in Burmese)
• האנאלפביתית שידעה לספור (translated by Ruth Shapira), Keter Books, Ben Shemen 2014. ISBN 9789650722623. (in Hebrew)

Jonasson's third novel, which begins with a chance meeting between a hotel desk clerk, a released prisoner and a former priest was released on 23 September 2015:

• Mördar-Anders och hans vänner (samt en och annan ovän), Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2015. ISBN 978-91-642-0477-6. (in Swedish)
• Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles), 4th Estate, London 2016. ISBN 978-0-00-815207-9.
• Mörder Anders und seine Freunde nebst dem einen oder anderen Feind. (translated by Wibke Kuhn), carl's books, München 2016. ISBN 978-3-570-58562-7. (in German)
• L’assassin qui rêvait d'une place au paradis, Presses de la Cité, Paris 2016. ISBN 978-2-258-13353-2. (in French)
• Ο Άντερς ο φονιάς και οι φίλοι του, Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2016. ISBN 978-618-01-1642-7. (in Greek)
• Gyilkos-Anders és barátai (meg akik nem azok) (translated by László Kúnos), Athenaeum, Budapest 2015. ISBN 9789632935102. (in Hungarian)
• Zabiják Anders a jeho přátelé (a sem tam nepřítel) (translated by Hana Švolbová), Panteon, Praha 2016. ISBN 978-80-87697-50-4. (in Czech)
• Anders morderca i przyjaciele (oraz kilkoro wiernych nieprzyjaciół) (translated by Elżbieta Ptaszyńska-Sadowska), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warszawa 2016. ISBN 9788328027732. (in Polish)
• လက္မ႐ြံ႕အန္ဒါ (ဘာသာပြန်=သင့်လူ), (in Burmese)
• הרוצח שחלם על מקום בגן עדן (translated by Ruth Shapira), Keter Books, Ben Shemen 2016. ISBN 9789650725082. (in Hebrew)

Jonasson's fourth novel, The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man, was published in 2018.^[11]

• Hundraettåringen som tänkte att han tänkte för mycket, Piratförlaget, Stockhom 2018. ISBN 978-91-642-0579-7.
• The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles), 4th Estate, London 2018. ISBN 978-0-00-827557-0.
• Der Hundertjährige, der zurückkam, um die Welt zu retten(translated by Wibke Kuhn), carl's books, München 2018. ISBN 978-3-570-10355-5. (in German)
• သက်တော်ရာကျော်ထပ္ကာရှည်စေသော်ဝ် (ဘာသာပြန်=သင့်လူ). (in Burmese)
• A százegy éves ember, aki azon gondolkodott, hogy túl sokat gondolkodik (translated by László Kúnos), Athenaeum, Budapest 2019. ISBN 9789632937762. (in Hungarian)
• הזקן בן המאה ואחת שחשב שהוא חושב יותר מדי (translated by Ruth Shapira), Keter Books, Ben Shemen 2019. (in Hebrew)

Jonasson's fifth novel, Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd., was published in 2021^[11]

• Hämnden är ljuv AB, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2020. ISBN 978-9164206442. (in Swedish)
• Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles), HarperVia GB, London 2021. ISBN 0008465320.
• Édes a Bosszú Részvénytársaság (translated by László Kúnos), Athanaeum, Budapest 2020. ISBN 9789635430390. (in Hungarian)
• נקמה מתוקה בע"מ (translated by Ruth Shapira), Keter Books, Ben Shemen 2021. (in Hebrew)

Jonasson's sixth novel, The Prophet and the Idiot, was published in 2022

• Profeten och idioten, Bokförlaget Polaris, Stockholm 2022. ISBN 9789177958123. (in Swedish)
• The Prophet and the Idiot (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles), 4th Estate, London 2023. ISBN 978-0-00-861764-6.
• Drei fast geniale Freunde auf dem Weg zum Ende der Welt (translated by Astrid Arz), C. Bertelsmann, München 2022. ISBN 9783570104866. (in German)
• De profeet en de idioot (translated by Angélique de Kroon), Signatuur, Amsterdam 2022. ISBN 9789056727369. (in Dutch)
• A proféta és a hülye (translated by László Kúnos), Athenaeum, Budapest 2022. ISBN 9789635432233. (in Hungarian)

 

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