Monica Braw
Swedish writer
Monica Braw (born 24 May 1945 in Härnösand), is a Swedish author and an international reporter.
Bibliography
Fiction
Någonannanstans (Somewhere Else)(short stories) Bonniers 1978
Innan jag dog (Before I Died) (novel). Bonniers 1980
Överlevarna (The Survivors) (novel). Bonniers 1982 (pocket Bonniers 1985. In German Wir sind * * die Angst der Welt. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1984)
Hjärtlandet (Heartland) (short stories) Bonniers 1984
Hemort:Tokyo (Domicile: Tokyo) (tales) Bonniers 1988
Främling. En svensk i fjärran land (Stranger. A Swede in far-off land) (novel) Bonniers 2002
Hiroshima överlever (Hiroshima Survives) (novel, revis. Överlevarna) Orienta 2005
Fact
Jorden är vårt hem.
Edita Morris och hennes tid (Gidlunds 2018)
Kuolla kuin kärpäset (Die like flies).
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4940526. VIAF identifies the subject as 109582465. The Library of Congress control number is n79034438. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945, 1978, 1980 and 1982.
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