The cover of Tunström's novel, The Church of Sunne, painted by Tage Åsén.

Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Karlstad–February 5, 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author from Sunne in Värmland. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karlstad is a city in Värmland, Sweden. The city has 58544 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 83500 Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his The Christmas Oratorio was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public.

Sunne, the author's home town, plays an important role in his works. Swedish as well as international celebrities appear in the town and take part in the story. The cover paintings of his first two books about Sunne (De heliga geograferna and Guddöttrarna) are made by the painter Tage Åsén from the same town. Tage Åsén (born 1943) is a Swedish Graphic artist and painter.

In the late 50's he lived on the Greek island of Hydra and became friends with Leonard Cohen and the Norwegian author Axel Jensen. Hydra (Ύδρα ˈiðra is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter Axel Buchardt Jensen ( February 12, 1932 &ndash February 13, 2003) was a Norwegian author

He participated in the Oslo International Poetry Festival, OIPF. Oslo International Poetry Festival • OIPF • June 14 to 16th 1985 and August 14 to 20th 1986 Participants were among many other

He was married to artist Lena Cronqvist, and was the father of film director Linus Tunström.

Selected works

• Maskrosbollen, 1962
• De heliga geograferna, 1973
• Guddöttrarna, 1975
• Prästungen, 1976
• Ökenbrevet - (The Letter From the Wilderness), 1978
• Juloratoriet - (The Christmas Oratorio), 1983
• Tjuven - (The Thief), 1986
• Skimmer - (Glittering), 1996
• Berömda män som varit i Sunne, 1998