CKCU Literary News
Wednesday October 1st, 2025 with Hans G. Rupreccht
Author and literary critic Claude Le Manchec (France) in conversation about the long-lasting legacy and impact of the Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and poet Stig DAGERMAN (1923-1954) upon his European and American readership.-

The broadcast includes introductory remarks about the Swedish poet Lennart SJÖGREN who has been awarded the 2025 "Stig Dagermnan Prize" (Stig Dagermanpriset). More at: ♦️CLAUDE LE MANCHEC Stig Dagerman " Je suis né étranger " Paris: Editions Hermann (Coll. 'Savoir lettres'}, 166 p. Paru le 27/08/2025 ISBN : 9791037045126 https://www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/stig-dagerman-claude-le-manchec https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Dagerman?wprov=sfti1#Biographie https://alchetron.com/Stig-Dagerman 🔹English translations Books * German Autumn. Translation by Robin Fulton. Introduction by Mark Kurlansky. University of Minnesota Press, 2011. * Sleet: Selected Stories. Translation by Steven Hartman. Preface by Alice McDermott. David R. Godine, 2013. * A Burnt Child. Translation by Benjamin Mier-Cruz. Introduction by Per Olov Enquist. University of Minnesota Press, 2013. * Island of the Doomed. Translation by Laurie Thompson. Introduction by JMG Le Clezio. University of Minnesota Press, 2012. * The Snake. Translation and introduction by Laurie Thompson. Quartet Encounters, London, 1995. * The Games of Night. Translation by Naomi Walford and introduction by Michael Meyer. Bodley Head, London, 1959; Lippincott, Philadelphia and New York, 1961; Quartet Encounters, London, 1986. * A Moth to a Flame. Translation by Benjamin Miers-Cruz. Introduction by Siri Hustvedt. Penguin European Writers 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Dagerman?wprov=sfti1#Legacy 🔹Stig Dagerman, Europa in Trümmern. Essays (auch als: Europa in Ruinen. Augenzeugenberichte aus den Jahren 1944–1948). Hrsg. Hans-Magnus Enzensberger. Die Andere Bibliothek, 65. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1993 u. ö.