Niclas Lundkvist

Sten Niclas Birger Lundkvist, pen name Nikanor Teratologen, is a Swedish novelist, essayist, translator and literary critic. His 1992 debut novel Assisted Living received considerable publicity in Sweden for its transgressive content and advanced use of language, which created a literary scandal and led to speculation about its author. A sequel to Assisted Living, Förensligandet i det egentliga Västerbotten, was published in 1998. Teratologen has since published three additional books: Apsefiston (2002), Hebbershålsapokryferna (2002) and Att hata allt mänskligt liv (2009). He has described the poet Comte de Lautréamont as his "great precursor", and has also mentioned Friedrich Nietzsche as a major influence. He has translated works by Nietzsche and Emil Cioran into Swedish.