Aris Fioretos

Quick Facts

Full Name	Aris Fioretos
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1960(1960-02-06)
Age	64
Birthplace	Gothenburg
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Västra Götaland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Aris Fioretos Biography

Aris Fioretos is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 6, 1960 in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden. Aris Fioretos was born 6 Februar 1960, in Gothenburg was a Swedish writer from Greek and Austrian origin.

Fioretos has translated works by Paul Auster, Friedrich Holderlin, Vladimir Nabokov, and Walter Serner, among others in Swedish. He writes regularly for Sweden’s largest daily, Dagens Nyheter. His work was translated to many languages, which include English, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Romanian, and Serbian.

Fioretos has been awarded numerous awards and grants both in Sweden and internationally, including from the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities as well as The Swedish Academy, the Alexander von Humboldt- Stiftung as well as the DAAD Kunstlerprogramm Berlin, the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Fund and the American Academy in Berlin, and All Souls College, Oxford. 2011-2014 he was the Dag-Hammarskjold-Gastprofessor at the Nordeuropa- Institut at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Fioretos is an active part of the Deutsche Akademie fur Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt and in 2011, his election as vice-president was successful.

Aris Fioretos Net Worth

Aris Fioretos is one of the richest Writer from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Aris Fioretos 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year 1991 was the time that Fioretos received the PhD from the Department of Comparative Literature with The Critical Moment which is a deconstructivist study of the works of Friedrich Holderlin, Walter Benjamin along with Paul Celan. He has held academic positions at Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University as well as the Free University in Berlin. Since 2010, he’s an instructor of Aesthetics at Sodertorn University College in Stockholm.

Since 1991 Fioretos released his debut book that contained prose poetry titled Delandets bok (The Book of Giving). Since then, he’s published numerous fiction works which include Vanitasrutinerna (The Vanitas Routines) (1998), Stockholm Noir (2000), Sanningen om Sascha Knisch (The Truth about Sascha Knisch) (2002) as well as Den sista greken (The Last Greek) (2009). The novel was nominated to Sweden’s highest-respected literary prize which is The August Prize, as was his novel from 2015 Mary. In 2009, in the winter, Den sista greken was awarded the Gleerups Literary Prize. Then in 2010.’s spring, he won the Novel Prize of Sveriges Radio was also conferred on Mary in the year 2016. Between 2003 between 2003 and 2007 Fioretos served as Cultural Advisor for the Swedish Embassy in Berlin. Fioretos’s work on Sweden’s most popular radio program, Sommar (“Summer”) Self-portraits of Swedes well-known and unnoticed which aired on the 16th of July 2010. A comprehensive overview of his writings up to 2012 can be found during a discussion in Swedish and with writer Mikael van Reis.

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Facts & Trivia

Aris Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Aris Fioretos celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Aris Fioretos

1. Aris Fioretos is a Swedish-Greek writer and translator.
2. He was born on August 18, 1960 in Göteborg, Sweden.
3. Fioretos has published several novels and non-fiction books.
4. His works have been translated into multiple languages.
5. In 2014, he won the prestigious Dobloug Prize for his literary work.
6. Fioretos has also translated works by authors such as Paul Celan and Walter Benjamin.
7. He studied German literature at Stockholm University and Freie Universität Berlin.
8. Fioretos is a professor of literary composition at Södertörn University in Stockholm.
9. His novel “Nelly B:s Heart” was shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2009.
10. Fioretos’ writing often explores themes of identity, memory, and language.