Katarina Frostenson Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault
Profession(s)	Poet, Writer
Famous For	Being a member of the Swedish Academy (that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 55 kg in pounds- 121 lbs
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Blonde
Career
Debut (as a writer)	I Mellan (1978)
Awards, Honors, Achievements	• Great Prize of the Society of Nine (1989) • Bellman Prize (1994) • Swedish Radio Prize for Lyrical Poetry (1996) • Erik Lindegren Prize (2004) • Ekelöf Prize (2007) • Litteris et Artibus medal (2007) • Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2016)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	5 March 1953
Age (as in 2018)	65 Years
Birthplace	Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Pisces
Nationality	Swedish
Hometown	Stockholm, Sweden
Hobbies	Travelling, Listening to Music
Relationships & More
Sexual Orientation	Straight
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	Jean-Claude Arnault (Photographer)
Children	Not Known
Parents	Names Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Katarina Frostenson

• On 27 February 1992, she was elected to the Swedish Academy. Frostenson succeeded the writer Artur Lundkvist to Chair number 18.
  

  Artur Lundkvist was succeded by Katarina Frostenson

• In the 1980s, she wrote essays and introductions on French authors.

• Frostenson has been a member of the editorial team of the literary calendar ‘Halifax‘ and runs a Forum gallery together with her husband, Jean-Claude Arnault.

• Her Forum gallery became an important meeting place for authors, musicians, and artists in the late 1980s.

• In 2018, her husband was convicted on charges of rape. On this account, she voluntarily stepped down as a member of the Swedish Academy.

• Frostenson has written many poems and novels such as Rena land (1980), I det gula (1985), 4 monodramer (1990), Tankarna (1994), Endura (2002), etc.

• Katarina Frostenson is a niece of Swedish hymn writer Anders Frostenson.
  

  Anders Frostenson is the uncle of Katarina Frostenson