Balsam Karam (born 1983) is a Swedish writer and librarian of Iranian Kurdish descent. [1] [2]
Balsam Karam (born 1983) is a Swedish writer and librarian of Iranian Kurdish descent. [1] [2]
Born in Tehran, in Iran, in 1983, her family moved to Sweden when she was seven. She studied at Biskops Arnös författarskola before doing a master's degree at the University of Gothenburg. [3]
She works at Rinkeby Library in Stockholm and is a member of the Swedish Writers’ Union's library council. [4] [5] [6]
In 2018, she released her first book, Händelsehorisonten (Event Horizon). [7] [8] [9] [10] For the book, she received the Smålits migrantpris in 2021. [11]
In 2021, she released her second book, Singulariteten (The Singularity). [12] [13] The book was shortlisted for the 2021 European Union Prize for Literature. [14]
Her next novel Mörk materia – en kärleksroman(Dark Matter – A Love Story) is expected to be released in September 2025. [15]
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