Jacques Werup, born January 14, 1945 in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

, is a Swedish musician

Musician

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, author

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, poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, stage artist and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. Werup's poetry is often associated to jazz

Jazz

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. He was a childhood friend of Mikael Wiehe

Mikael Wiehe

Mikael Christian Wiehe is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the proggmovement.-Career:...

 and Göran Skytte and had his first novel published in 1971. He has co-written many songs with long-time collaborator and composer Michael Saxell

Michael Saxell

Michael Saxell is a singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden but has spent many years on the Canadian west coast...

 for various projects including Gör mig lite levande which is a CD and nationwide stage show with Swedish singer Lill Lindfors

Lill Lindfors

Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors is a Finland-Swedish/Swedish singer. Born in Helsinki, Finland she has been performing in Scandinavia with minor and major success since the 1960s. She debuted as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960 and the following year as a recording artist...

 and En känsla av ljus, which is a concert Werup and Saxell wrote and performed with Mats Ronander

Mats Ronander

Mats Ronander, born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden, is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer.- Biography :Mats was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer in the band Blues Quality. He was a member in the band...

 and Benneth Fagerlund. Werup now lives in Ystad

Ystad

Ystad is a "locality", or town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 17,286 inhabitants .Settlement dates back to the 11th century and the town has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre and tourist attraction...

.

In 1997 Werup got the Ferlinpriset together with Ola Magnell

Ola Magnell

Ola Magnell is a Swedish pop-rock singer and guitarist. His works were first put out by Metronome Records in the 1970s.- External links :*...

, and was 2003 awarded a scholarship by the Swedish Royal Academy. Was also awarded Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris in 1980.

Film scripts and TV scripts

• 2001 - Så vit som en snö
  Så vit som en snö
  As White as in Snow is a Swedish film directed by Jan Troell. It was released in 2001. It won three Guldbagge Awards, for best film, best direction and best cinematography, and was nominated for best screenplay....
  
  
• 1972 - N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare

Prizes and awards

• Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris 1980
• PiratenPriset 1989
• Lengertz litteraturpris 1991
• De Nios Vinterpris 1996
• Ferlinpriset 1997
• De Nios stora pris 2006

External links

• Albert Bonniers Förlag - Jacques Werup