What is Per Wahlöö?
{{Infobox person | name = Per Wahlöö | image = | caption =from ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon '' | birth_date = 5 August 1926 | death_date = 22 June 1975 | citizenship = [[Swedish people|Swedish]] | occupation = [[Author]] }} '''Per Fredrik Wahlöö''' (5 August 1926 &ndash; 22 June 1975) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] author. He was perhaps best known for the works with his partner [[Maj Sjöwall]] on a series of ten novels about the adventures of [[Martin Beck]], a police detective in [[Stockholm]], published between 1965 and 1975. In 1971. He won an [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]]. == Personal life == Wahlöö had a thirteen-year relationship with his colleague [[Maj Sjöwall]] but never married her, as he already was married.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/22/crime-thriller-maj-sjowall-sweden |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |title=The queen of crime |first=Louise |last=France |date=21 November 2009 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> He died on 22 June 1975 from problems caused by [[pancreas]] [[surgery]] in [[Malmö]], Sweden at the age of 48. ==Bibliography== Novels written by Per Wahlöö alone (see [[Martin Beck]] for joint collaboration with Sjöwall) *''The Chief'' (1959) *''The Wind and Rain'' (1961) *''A Necessary Action'' (1962) *''The Assignment'' (1963) *''No Roses Grow on Odenplan'' (1964) *''Murder on the Thirty-First Floor'' (1966) *''The Steel Spring'' (1968) *''A Necessary Action'' (1969) *''The Generals'' (1974) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahloo, Per}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:1975 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical complications]] [[Category:Swedish writers]] {{bio-stub}}