Per Wahlöö, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Per Wahlöö

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1975

Profession: screenwriter, writer, translator, journalist, science fiction writer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975) - in English translations often identified as Peter Wahloo - was a Swedish author.
He is perhaps best known for the collaborative work with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975.
In 1971, The Laughing Policeman (a translation of Den skrattande polisen, originally published in 1968) won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel.
Wahlöö and Sjöwall also wrote novels separately. Wahlöö was born in Tölö parish, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland.
Following school, he worked as a crime reporter from 1946 onwards.
After long trips around the world he returned to Sweden and started working as a journalist again. He had a thirteen-year relationship with his colleague Maj Sjöwall but never married her, as he already was married.
Both were Marxists.