Ola Wikander

Ola Wikander
Wikander in 2010
Born1981 (age 44–45)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • translator
  • theologian
EmployerLund University
AwardsZibet prize (2009)
Websiteola-wikander.se

Ola Wikander (born 1981) is a Swedish writer, translator and theologian.

Life

Both his parents are antiquarians; as a child his father began teaching him Latin.

Education

In June 2012, Wikander defended his doctorate for theology in the subject of the Old Testament exegesis at the Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap (Center for Theology and Religious Studies) at Lund.

Career

Since 2012 he held a series of short-term academic positions in Sweden and the UK until he was appointed Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund. In 2018–2019, Wikander was a Residential Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden, as part of the Pro Futura Scientia Program.

He has written the book I döda språks sällskap (2006), which is about extinct languages, translations, and among other things, the Babylonian creation story of Enûma Eliš. In May 2008 came his first novel, Poeten och cirkelmakaren, which he has written with his father Örjan Wikander.

Wikander's review of the history of Proto-Indo-European language (2008) has been well received by reviewers in both Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter. In 2010, Ola Wikander received the Clio Prize. Price motivation sounded "for their commitment to extinct languages and the keys that their vocabulary and development provide to our oldest cultural history".

Prizes and awards

Notable Publications

Wikander has also published many articles for researchers and the public and runs two blogs, since 2008 in Swedish at Ur språkens tunnlar and between 2008 and 2011 in English at Dead Tongues Whispering

References

  1. ↑ Jacobsson, Cecilia (10 May 2006). "Ola Wikander". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Person". www.ctr.lu.se. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "OLA WIKANDER". OLA WIKANDER (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Former Fellows SCAS".
  5. ↑ Lars Lönnroth (8 September 2008). "Språket som nyckel till glömda kulturer".
  6. ↑ Dan Jönsson (2008-11-22), "Språkets kodknäckare", DN.
  7. ↑ ""Priset 2010 till Ola Wikander"". Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mästare på utdöda språk", SvD 2010-09-30