Negra Efendić
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Negra Efendić | |
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 Efendić in 2016 | |
| Born | 29 October 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Journalist |
Negra Efendić (born 29 October 1980) is a Swedish journalist and author.[1] She was born in Bosnia and grew up in the town of Brezovo Polje. She and her family fled the Bosnian War and came to Sweden in 1993.[2] She studied to become a journalist at Bona folkhögskola in Motala and started working for Borås Tidning in 2006.[3] In 2007, she started working for Svenska Dagbladet, where she now covers immigration and integration issues after covering the Swedish labor market for several years.[4] In May 2016, Efendić published her first book, the autobiographical Jag var precis som du.[5] The book consists of three parts: In the first part, she depicts her life in rural Brezovo Polje in the northeast part of Bosnia, near the Croatian border; The second part is about her refuge to Croatia and then Sweden, and her first years in the country; the third part takes place in present Stockholm, and depicts her life as a journalist.[6]
For her work she won the journalist award Stora Journalistpriset in the category Storyteller of the Year.[7][8]
On June 26, 2017, she was one of this year's Sommar i P1 hosts.[9]
