Zara Uzun Kjellner debuted in 2019 with the novel "Manhattan" and works in parallel as a culture writer for Expressen Kultur and as a head teacher at the Academy of Arts and Culture's writing department. In the spring of 2025, her third novel, "Radio Yerevan", was published.
The Lydia and Herman Eriksson Scholarship, awarded every two years from the Lydia and Herman Eriksson Foundation, is aimed at young, promising poets or writers. Previous recipients include Nina Wähä (2019), Maxim Grigoriev (2021) and Sami Said (2023).
The scholarship amount is 120,000 SEK.
