Karl Stig-erland Larsson

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - very few people are not familiar (at least by hearsay) with the adaptation of this novel, which opens the trilogy "Millennium". Its author - Swedish writer, journalist, public figure Stig Larsson received worldwide recognition for his works posthumously. A series of crime novels about the publisher Mikael Blomkvist and the hacker girl Lisbeth Salander was published from 2005 to 2007 and, after incredible success, has been translated into dozens of languages.

Stig Larsson was born on August 15, 1954 in the small Swedish town of Skellefteå. Father - Erland Larsson, worked at a smelter, mother - Vivian Larsson.

When his father's health began to deteriorate due to chemical poisoning, they moved to Stockholm. But due to the cramped living conditions, they were forced to leave their one-year-old son in the care of Vivian's parents.

Until the age of 9, the boy lived with his grandparents in a remote village in the municipality of Norsjo. They lived in a wooden blockhouse, and Stig went to the local school on skis to make his way through the snowdrifts. But he liked this lifestyle. A special influence on the upbringing of little Stig was exerted by his grandfather Severin Bostrem, an ardent political activist, anti-fascist, who was imprisoned during the war. Throughout his life, Larsson will consider the progenitor an example to follow.

After the death of his grandfather (he died at the age of 50 from a heart attack), the boy went to the city of Umeå to his parents, who by that time had a second son, Joachim. At the age of 12, young Larsson received a typewriter as a gift, which led him into unspeakable delight, he sat for hours at her, pouring out thoughts and fantasies on paper.

As a 20-year-old boy, he was drafted into the Swedish army and spent 16 months in compulsory military service in the infantry unit in Kalmar.

At the height of the Vietnam War (1964-1975) Larsson already tried himself as a writer, published the first experiments. But against the background of what was happening, he decided to postpone literature for a while and became interested in journalism. At that time in Sweden, every Saturday you could see processions: young people marched shouting "Get out of Vietnam!" At one of these demonstrations, Stig met the architect Eva Gabrielsson, with whom he will connect not only personal, but also political and creative life.

Soon Larsson began writing about the war - articles, interviews, essays. He worked as a photographer. Like his grandfather, an anti-fascist, he rejected all manifestations of violence and injustice. The man leaned towards the views and principles of the Left Party, while his father was a communist and his mother supported the Social Democrats. Discussion of politics at dinner with the family was commonplace.

After joining the ranks of the Socialist Party of Sweden (until 1982 it was called the Communist Workers League), he enlists in the army. But here, too, the Stig watches over political interests: he provides the entire barracks with the contraband Trotskyist magazine "Red Soldier". After serving in 1977, Larsson traveled to East Africa and helped organize women's guerrilla groups fighting to liberate Eritrea.

After discovering kidney disease, Stig returned to Stockholm to see Eve. Here, having got a job as a graphic editor at a major Swedish agency, he begins to study the nature of such phenomena as extremism, neo-Nazism, racism, the manifestations of which he increasingly observed in Swedish society.

In the early 1980s, Larsson became a Scandinavian correspondent for the British anti-fascism and anti-racism magazine Spotlight. He also edited the magazine "Fourth International", wrote articles for the daily newspaper "Internationale". In 1987, the journalist left the party, as he did not agree with the new political guidelines of the leadership. But at the same time, he did not lose his active civic position, he did not become less concerned about the problems of society.

In 1995, Larsson helped found the Expo Foundation, an organization dedicated to combating center-right forces in Swedish society. Subsequently, he became the editor of Expo magazine, which was a model for the very fictional edition of Millennium, described in the trilogy of the same name.

Stig Larsson has written a number of books and studies on political content, lectured and participated in public debates. In a word, by the time of his brilliant literary debut, the man had already taken place as a political activist and journalist, achieved wide popularity in society.

Larsson's first literary experiments, made in adolescence, were in the genre of science fiction. A passionate fan of this trend, Stig since 1972 became the editor of thematic fanzines (print edition published by fans of the genre) "Sfären", "FIJAGH". In this "periodical" he publishes his first stories.

In the 70s he published over 30 fanzines. Then he moved to Stockholm, where he actively participated in the activities of the largest Swedish science fiction fan club "SFSF". He was a member of the Club Council in 1978-1979 and headed it in 1980.

In the 1990s, Larsson began working on a trilogy of crime novels united by the Millennium cycle. This is the name of the publishing house, which is co-owned by the journalist Mikael Blomkvist - the central character of all the books in the cycle. He leads complex and intricate investigations, gets into a series of adventures and embarks on intriguing adventures. His obstinate assistant and girlfriend is a young hacker Lisbeth Salander.

It's funny that Larsson chose the prototypes of the heroes of the world famous children's characters created by Astrid Lindgren. Lisbeth, for example, is Pippi Longstocking from the book of the same name, and the journalist is a relative of Kalle the detective by the name of Blomkvist. However, according to most critics, Larsson himself became the prototype of the protagonist of the trilogy. This is indicated by some coincidences in the biographies of the author and the main character.

Stig Larsson has already signed a contract for the publication of all the novels of "Millennium", but did not have time to see them in print and enjoy the success. The writer passed away a year before the publication of his first work entitled "Men who hate women." In it, a detective couple follows the trail of a serial maniac who has been raping and killing women for many years.

The novel was published in Sweden in 2005. In Britain, the second country where the book was published, the work became known as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And in 2006, the first award followed - the Glass Key Prize, awarded to the best detective authors of the Scandinavian countries. The novel also received the Boeke Prize (2008), the Galaxy British Book Awards (2009), and the Anthony Award.

The second book "The Girl Who Played with Fire" revealed to the reader an equally fascinating plot: this time Lisbeth Salander comes to the fore, who is groundlessly accused of murder. The novel was released in 2006 and was also awarded.

Finally, in 2007 the third book "The Girl Who Blew Up Castles in the Air" is published in Sweden. It summarizes the events of the previous parts of the trilogy: Bloomkvist and Salander confront an entire criminal system, including state security structures. Larsson very harshly stigmatizes modern society, the novel is saturated with caustic quotes. In 2008, the work received the Glass Key award.

The author wrote the trilogy for pleasure, in the evening, after returning home from work, without even thinking that his literary "brainchilds" will become world bestsellers. The total sales of the books of the "Millennium" trilogy exceed tens of millions of dollars, and Larsson himself is one of the best-selling contemporary authors, along with J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer and Dan Brown.

In part, the film adaptation also contributed to this success. In 2009 all 3 parts of the cycle were delivered in Sweden. And in 2011, the first premiere took place in Hollywood. The main roles in the film were played by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.

In 2013, Swedish journalist and writer David Lagerkrantz announced that he would finish the fourth novel in the series about Blomkvist and Salander, which Larsson had begun. A book called "The Girl Who Was Trapped in the Web" was published in 2015. And 2 years later, the writer presented to the reader the second work of the series - "The Girl Who Lost Her Shadow." Also, according to rumors, Lagercrantz announced the release of his third book about the continuation of the adventures of Lisbeth Salander, with which he plans to complete the cycle in 2019.

Eva Gabrielsson became a devoted muse, companion and common-law wife of Larsson. The couple could not officially register the marriage, because, according to Swedish law, this would require the publication of their addresses and contacts. For people who, because of their political views, lived in secrecy, this was unacceptable.

The fact of the documentary bachelor status became the basis for the entire inheritance, including substantial royalties, due to Larsson's absence of children, passed to the writer's father and brother.

It is surprising that the writer Stig Larsson repeated the fate of his beloved grandfather. He died on November 9, 2004 from a massive heart attack. He was 50 years old. The reason for the attack was the increased load - that day the elevator did not work in the office, and the man walked up to the 7th floor.

For Larsson, who was a workaholic, a heavy smoker (smoked over 60 cigarettes a day) and a heavy coffee addict, this was the last straw. The writer and journalist is buried in the cemetery of the Hegalid Church in Stockholm.

2005 - "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" 2006 - "The Girl Who Played with Fire" 2007 - "The Girl Who Blown Up Castles in the Air"

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