Jonas Jonasson

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).

• "Om bokhandeln själv får välja", Piratförlaget. (Swedish) Retrieved 27 September 2012.
• ^ "Some literary awards of 2011", Pontas Agency. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
• "L'aventure en terres nordiques", Terres Nordiques. (French) Retrieved 27 September 2012.