The Faculty of Dreams (Swedish: Drömfakulteten) is a 2006 novel by Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.[1] In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers.[2] The book has been translated into Danish, English, Finnish, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and German.[3]

Drömfakulteten
AuthorSara Stridsberg
LanguageSwedish
PublisherAlbert Bonniers förlag
Publication placeSweden
Pages363
ISBN91-0-010726-3

The English translation, The Faculty of Dreams, by Deborah Bragan-Turner, was nominated in March 2019 for the Man Booker International Prize.[4]

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  1. ^ "The winners". norden.org. Nordic Council. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ^ Lindquist, Kristina (2011-09-27). "Sara Stridsberg: 'Drömfakulteten' är som en gammal passion". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  3. ^ Libris
  4. ^ "Novelist Stridsberg becomes first Swede to be nominated for Man Booker Prize". The Local Sweden. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-05-24.