Lida Starodubtseva wins SvD Literature Prize for novel Hilja Går

The book is about a young woman's fascination with her grandmother's fate.

"With brusque humour and stylistic precision that engages all the reader's senses, Lida Starodubtseva creates a harsh world of women that is difficult to forget," the jury writes in part of its citation.

Starodubtseva, born in 1982 in Russian Karelia, has worked as a translator for just over 20 years and made her debut in 2023 with the short story collection "An Endlessly Long Spring".

SvD's literature prize is awarded annually to a promising Swedish author who is working on a new book and whose writing is developing strongly.