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Jacques Werup, (14 January 1945 – 12 November 2016) was a Swedish musician, author, poet, stage artist and screenwriter, born in Malmö. Werup's poetry is often associated to jazz. He was a childhood friend of Mikael Wiehe and Göran Skytte and had his first novel published in 1971. He has co-written many songs with long-time collaborator and composer Michael Saxell for various projects including Gör mig lite levande which is a CD and nationwide stage show with Swedish singer Lill Lindfors and En känsla av ljus, which is a concert Werup and Saxell wrote and performed with Mats Ronander and Benneth Fagerlund. Werup lived in Ystad.
In 1997 Werup got the Ferlinpriset together with Ola Magnell, and was 2003 awarded a scholarship by the Swedish Royal Academy. Was also awarded Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris in 1980.
Film scripts and TV scripts
- 2001 - Så vit som en snö
- 1972 - N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare
Prizes and awards
- Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris 1980
- PiratenPriset 1989
- Lengertz litteraturpris 1991
- De Nios Vinterpris 1996
- Ferlinpriset 1997
- De Nios stora pris 2006