Sara Danius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sara Danius

Swedish academic

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Täby, Sweden

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2019

Profession: university teacher, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.