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Deficit wins the Reader’s Book Prize

Apr 7

Written By Emma Holten

Emma Holten

Deficit awarded the Swedish Sara Danius Prize

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So, so proud to share that UNDERSKOTT, the Swedish edition of Deficit, has received the Sara Danius Prize, which is awarded yearly to a groundbreaking female artist or writer. Specifically for a “an artistic and humanist essay which reveals th

Mille grazie, Italia!
Italian feminism plays such a big role in this book, so it was a special honour to release it at the Milanesia Festival in Milan. Thinkers like Silvia Federici, Mariarosa Dalla Costa and novelists like Elsa Morante and Elena Fe

Thank you SO much to all the curious and kind people who came out in the Netherlands to celebrate TEKORT! Completely overwhelmed by it, to say the least. So many people help in making events like this happen, but today esp my wonderful publishers @ui

I won the @politiken literature award!!! Thank you so, so much for voting for Underskud and to everyone supporting, discussing and using the book in your work and lives. Right now everything is pretty overwhelming and I’m struggling to take it

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