Caesaria

Hanna Nordenhök (Malmö, 1977) has been awarded several major literary honors for her work, both as novelist, poet and essayist. Her novel Caesaria (2020) scooped Swedish Radio’s Literary Prize and was shortlisted for Vi’s Literature Prize. Nordenhök also works as atranslator from the Spanish and has been praised for her translations of Fernanda Melchor, Andrea Abreu and Alia Trabucco Zerán. Her last novel Wonderland (2023) was listed among the Best Books of the Year in Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen, Borås Tidning, Hufvudstadsbladet and Magasinet ETC, as well as shortlisted for Vi's Literature Prize.

"A magnificent, gothic tale of a doctor who imprisons his patient. Hanna Nordenhök’s new novel Caesaria, set in 19th-century Sweden, is a sharp,haunting fable about the dangers of male violence" 5-star review in The Telegraph