Sara Danius
Sara Maria Danius | |
|---|---|
Danius in 2017 | |
| Born | Sara Maria Danius 5 April 1962 Täby, Sweden |
| Died | 12 October 2019 (aged 57) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Spouse |
Stefan Jonsson (m. 1989–2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Duke University University of Nottingham Stockholm University |
| Thesis | The Senses of Modernism: Technology, Perception and Modernist Aesthetics (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fredric Jameson |
| Philosophical work | |
| Institutions | Swedish Academy Södertörn University Uppsala University Stockholm University |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 7) | |
| In office 20 December 2013 – 26 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Knut Ahnlund |
| Succeeded by | Åsa Wikforss |
| Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy | |
| In office May 2015 – April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Englund |
| Succeeded by | Anders Olsson |
Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala University and professor in literary science at Stockholm University.
Danius was a member of the Swedish Academy and its first female permanent secretary. She was one of the central figures in the 2018 controversies resulting in the cancellation of the Nobel Prize in Literature that year and the following restructuring of the academy.