Eva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Den brinnande zeppelinaren. Ström trained as a physician and worked in the medical profession 1974-1988 before becoming a full-time author. She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2003 for the poetry collection Revbensstäderna ("The Rib Cities"). In January 2010, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She is the mother of Karin Ström. Awards Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2003 Jan Smrek Prize 2018, Slovakia References 1947 births Living people People from Lidingö Municipality Swedish women novelists Swedish women physicians Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nordic Council Literature Prize winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Swedish women poets 20th-century Swedish women writers 21st-century Swedish women writers 20th-century Swedish poets 21st-century Swedish poets Swedish literary critics Women literary critics 21st-century Swedish physicians 20th-century Swedish physicians 20th-century women physicians