fredrik backman my grandmother sends her regards and apologises

Britt-Marie var här (2014 English translation Britt-Marie Was Here, released in May 2016).Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt (2013 English translation My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, 2015).Saker min son behöver veta om världen (2012 English translation Things My Son Needs to Know About the World, 2019).En man som heter Ove (2012 English translation A Man Called Ove, 2013).He labeled it a 'dysfunctional parenting guide' and made a deal that his publisher had to publish the book in order to publish A Man Called Ove. His second book, Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), was based on his own experiences with parenting. Personal life įredrik Backman married Neda Shafti Backman in 2009. Following the success of his first book, Atria bought the rights to his other novels and had them translated into English. After his debut novel, A Man Called Ove, was translated into English, it remained on the best seller list for 42 weeks. Many of his books have been translated into English. The rights to his book Beartown were bought by Swedish production company, Filmlance, and are set to be adapted for television. The novel was adapted as a film which premiered on December 25, 2015, and again in 2023. Backman debuted as a novelist in 2012 with A Man Called Ove. He has been writing for the Swedish newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad and for the Swedish men's magazine, Moore Magazine. Biography īackman grew up in Helsingborg, Scania, Sweden. Backman's books have been published in more than twenty-five languages.

The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. He wrote A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), and The Winners (2022).

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorryįredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist.

Fredrik backman my grandmother sends her regards and apologises