What is Maj Sjöwall?
[[File:Maj Sjöwall Hki 2005 K45 C.jpg|right|200px]] '''Maj Sjöwall''' (25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She was born in [[Stockholm]]. She was best known for the work with her partner [[Per Wahlöö]] on a series of ten novels about the adventures of [[Martin Beck]], a police detective in Stockholm. They also wrote novels separately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/14/sweden-crime-writers-interested-love|title=Sweden's crime writers too interested in love, says Maj Sjöwall|date=14 August 2013|access-date=29 April 2020 |publisher= The Guardian}}</ref> In 1971, the fourth of the Beck books, ''[[The Laughing Policeman (novel)|The Laughing Policeman]]'' won an [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for Best Novel and was made into the movie ''[[The Laughing Policeman (movie)|The Laughing Policeman]]''. Sjöwall died on 29 April 2020 at a hospital in [[Landskrona]], [[Sweden]] of [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], aged 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globaldomainsnews.com/well-known-swedish-mystery-writer-is-dead|title=Well-known Swedish mystery writer, is dead|access-date=29 April 2020|publisher=The Global}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjowall, Maj}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Crime writers]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{bio-stub}}