Jonas Jonasson

Jonas Jonasson
File:Jonas Jonasson Koeln Mrz12.jpg Jonas Jonasson
Born	Per Ola Jonasson (1961-07-06) 6 July 1961 Växjö, Sweden
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson (born Per Ola Jonasson; 6 July 1961) is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.

Personal life

The son of an ambulance driver and a nurse, Jonasson was born and raised in Växjö in southern Sweden. After studying Swedish and Spanish at the University of Gothenburg, Jonasson worked as a journalist for the Växjö newspaper Smålandsposten, and for the Swedish evening tabloid Expressen, where he remained until 1994. In 1996, he founded a media company, OTW, which grew to 100 employees. He stopped working in 2003, after having two major back operations and being overworked. He later sold his company.

In 2007 he completed his first book The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It was published in Sweden in 2009. Since 2010, Jonas Jonasson has been living with his son on the Swedish island of Gotland.

Awards

• Swedish Booksellers Award (2010).
• German Pioneer Prize (M-Pionier Preis) from Mayersche Buchhandlung (2011).
• Danish Audiobook Award (2011).
• Prix Escapades (2012).

Bibliography

Jonasson's first novel has achieved worldwide success. Telling the story of the incredible adventures in the life of a centenarian who escapes from a home, it has been translated into some 35 languages, selling over a million copies in Germany and some 3.5 million worldwide.

• Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 978-91-642-0296-3. (Swedish)
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, paperback, Hyperion Books, United States, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4013-2464-3.
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (translated by Rod Bradbury), Hesperus Press, London, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84391-372-6.
• Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand (translated by Wibke Kuhn), Carl's Books, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-58501-6. (German)
• Le Vieux qui ne voulait pas fêter son anniversaire, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2011. ISBN 9782258086449. (French)
• Stoletý stařík, který vylezl z okna a zmizel (translated by Zbyněk Černík), Mladá Boleslav, Panteon, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87697-00-9. (Czech)
• A százéves ember, aki kimászott az ablakon és eltűnt, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2011. ISBN 978-963-293-183-8 (Hungarian)
• Stogodišnjak koji je iskočio kroz prozor i nestao (translated by Marija Popović), Mladinska knjiga Beograd, 2013, ISBN 978-86-7928-398-6 (Serbian)
• Ο εκατοντάχρονος που πήδηξε από το παράθυρο και εξαφανίστηκε, Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2013, ISBN 978-960-496-859-6 (Greek)
• Stulatek, który wyskoczył przez okno i zniknął (translated by Joanna Myszkowska-Mangold), ebook, Świat Książki – Weltbild Polska, Warszawa, 2012. ISBN 9788377997017 (Polish)

Jonasson's second novel, about an orphan from Soweto who by chance becomes involved in international politics, was released on 25 September 2013:

• Analfabeten som kunde räkna, Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2013. ISBN 978-91-642-0396-0. (Swedish)
• "The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden" ISBN 978-0-06-232912-7;
• Az analfabéta, aki tudott számolni, Budapest, Athenaeum, 2013. ISBN 9789632932903 (Hungarian)
• L'Analphabète qui savait compter, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2013, ISBN 9782258097063. (French)
• Η αναλφάβητη που ήξερε να μετρά, Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός, Αθήνα 2014. ISBN 978-618-01-0658-9 (Greek)
• Analfabetka, která uměla počítat (translated by Luisa Robovská), Turnov, Panteon, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87697-36-8. (Czech)

Jonasson's third novel, which begins with a chance meeting between a hotel desk clerk, a released prisoner and a former priest was released on 23 September 2015:

• Mördar-Anders och hans vänner (samt en och annan ovän) ("Killer Anders and his friends (along with a few enemies)"), Piratförlaget, Stockholm 2015. ISBN 978-91-642-0477-6. (Swedish)
• L’assassin qui rêvait d'une place au paradis, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 2016. ISBN 978-2-258-13353-2. (French)