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Jean Bolinder (5 December 1935 – 7 June 2020) was a Swedish author and film director.

Linköping-born Bolinder debuted in 1967 with the crime novel Skulle jag sörja då... in which he introduces the character Jöran and Marianne Bundin as problem solvers. The fictional couple later appeared in several of Bolinder's books.

Bolinder was born in Linköping but grew up in Enköping. He studied in Motala, whose history he frequently discussed in his novels. Bolinder studied at Uppsala University, graduating in 1964, and Lund University, graduating in 1971.

Bolinder also directed the films "Hjernans storhet och fall", "flykt", and "Ur askan i Elden".

He died on 7 June 2020.

Bibliography

References

1. "Deckarförfattaren Jean Bolinder är död". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 7 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
2. ^ Lexikon: Bra Böckers lexikon, Bra Böckers Lexikon 2000, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Men of Achievement, Nationalencyklopedin, Nordisk Familjebok, Svenska konstnärer, Vem Är Det, 221 bra deckare du bör läsa innan du mördas 2011, A & L E Blomquist: Vem är vem i svensk litteratur 1999.
3. Deckarförfattare är död (in Swedish)
4. "Deckarförfattaren Jean Bolinder är död". 7 June 2020.

• 2020 deaths
• 20th-century Swedish novelists
• 1935 births
• People from Enköping
• Uppsala University alumni
• Lund University alumni
• 21st-century Swedish novelists
• 20th-century Swedish male writers
• 21st-century male writers
• Swedish film directors