Ardelius, Lars 1926–

PERSONAL: Born 1926, in Sweden; married.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Norstedts Tryckerigatan, Box 4, Stockholm 2052, Sweden.

CAREER: Has worked as a salesman, psychologist, and teacher.

AWARDS, HONORS: Nordiska Radets Litteraturpris nomination, for Barnsben.

WRITINGS:

Svävningar, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1963.

Plagiat, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1968.

(With others) Refuserat (Swedish drama), Bonnier (Stockholm, Sweden), 1969.

Gösta Berglunds Saga, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1970.

Kronprinsarna, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1972.

Smorgasbordet, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1974.

Och kungen var kung, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1976.

(With Gunnar Rydström) Författarnas litteraturhistoria (biography), three volumes, Författarförlaget (Stockholm, Sweden), 1977–78

Tid och otid (sequel to Och kungen var kung), Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1978.

Svävningar och Rök, PAN/Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1979.

Spritt språngande och Plagiat, PAN/Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1979.

(With others) Författarnas litteraturhistoria: de utländska författarna (literary history and criticism) three volumes, Författarförlaget (Stockholm, Sweden), 1980–82

Provryttare, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1981.

Nya drömboken, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1982.

Ogjort (biography), Författarförlaget (Stockholm, Sweden), 1983.

Större än störst, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1985.

Barnsben (autobiography), Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1986.

Skjuta i höjden (autobiography), Legenda (Stockholm, Sweden), 1988.

Livtag (autobiography; title mean "A Grapple with Life"), Legenda (Stockholm, Sweden), 1991.

Kurage! (historical novel), Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1993.

Resandes ensak (stories), Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1995.

Bitvargen (autobiography), Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1997.

Lilla sockerstunden: berättelser, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1998.

Världens ställe, Norstedts (Stockholm, Sweden), 2000.

Ett hål i naturen: om konst, Atlantis (Stockholm, Sweden), 2002.

Ingen ålder, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 2003.

En lyckad begraving, Norstedts (Stockholm, Sweden), 2005.

Author of television plays, including Badarna, 1968; Rätt man, 1968; and Vådaren, 1969. Work represented in anthologies, including Förord, Rabén & Sjögren (Stockholm, Sweden), 1969.

SIDELIGHTS: Lars Ardelius is a Swedish author of fiction who has also written several autobiographies, including Barnsben, which was nominated for a literature prize. In Livtag, he writes of his family, various jobs, and the writing community of which he has been a part. Ardelius notes his preferences in the areas of both literature and fine art and comments on his life as a child, his politics, and his struggle with alcoholism. Ardelius is also open about his fragile relationship with is father, who ended his life and left a note that blamed his son, in part, for his suicide.

Bitvargen is an account of Ardelius's life from age forty-five to sixty. He writes touchingly of his sister's death from alcoholism at the age of thirty-five. Charlotte Schiander Gray reviewed the book in World Literature Today, noting that "Ardelius's accounts of his writing, his periods of writer's block, and his searches for inspiration are illustrative and at times humorous" and that his "extensive portrayals of people and events are part of a continual quest for meaning and identity."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Ardelius, Lars, Barnsben, Norstedt (Stockholm Sweden), 1986.

Ardelius, Lars, Skjuta i höjden, Legenda (Stockholm, Sweden), 1988.

Ardelius, Lars, Livtag, Legenda (Stockholm, Sweden), 1991.

Ardelius, Lars, Bitvargen, Norstedt (Stockholm, Sweden), 1997.

PERIODICALS

World Literature Today, autumn, 1992, Joran Mjoberg, review of Livtag, p. 1992; summer, 1994, Charlotte Schiander Gray, review of Kurage!, p. 590; summer, 1996, Charlotte Schiander Gray, review of Resandes ensak, p. 716; spring, 1998, Charlotte Schiander Gray, review of Bitvargen, p. 396.