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| Born | 8 October 1981  (age 41) |
| Occupation | Translator, Hebraist, writer, theologian |
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| Website | http://www.ola-wikander.se/ |
Ola Wikander (born 8 October 1981) is a Swedish writer, translator and theologian.
Ola Wikander | |
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| Born | 8 October 1981 (age 41) |
| Occupation | Translator, Hebraist, writer, theologian |
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| Website | http://www.ola-wikander.se/ |
Ola Wikander (born 8 October 1981) is a Swedish writer, translator and theologian.
He has written the book I döda språks sällskap (2006), which is about extinct languages, translations, and among other things, the Babylonian creation story of Enûma Eliš. In May 2008 came his first novel, Poeten och cirkelmakaren, which he has written with his father Örjan Wikander.
Wikander's review of the history of Proto-Indo-European language (2008) has been well received by reviewers in both Svenska Dagbladet [1] and Dagens Nyheter . [2] In 2010, Ola Wikander received the Clio Prize. Price motivation sounded "for their commitment to extinct languages and the keys that their vocabulary and development provide to our oldest cultural history". [3] [4]
In June 2012, Wikander defended his doctorate for theology in the subject of the Old Testament exegesis at the Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap (Center for Theology and Religious Studies) at Lund.
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