Eva Ingrid Elizabeth Alexandererson ( Swede. Eva Alexanderson ; January 9, 1911 - December 20, 1994 ) - Swedish writer, translator and publisher. Her most famous works are the lesbian novel Kontradans (1969) and the translation into Swedish of the novel by the Italian writer Umberto Eco “The Name of the Rose” (1983).
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Biography
Eva Ingrid Elizabeth Alexanderson was born in 1911 near Vasastan, Stockholm . In 1930 she graduated from high school, in 1935 she received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Lund [1] [2] . Then she worked for three years at the publishing house Svenska Bokförlag. During these years she traveled to France, Italy and Spain. In 1937, Jose Ortega y Gasset, the Invertebrates of Spain , translated from Spanish. At the beginning of World War II, she began writing for the anti-Nazi newspaper Nu . In 1944 she married Lundstrem Gustaf (Gustaf Ragnvald Lundström). Spouses divorced in 1946.
After the war, from 1946 to 1955, Alexander Alexander worked at the Bonnier Group . In the 1940s she translated and published several works by Jean-Paul Sartre , Simon de Beauvoir and Jean-Gene . Other writers whose works she translated include Albert Camus , Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Fyodor M. Dostoevsky , François-Rene de Chateaubriand , Alain Rob-Grillet, and Dario Fo . Her debut novel, Resa till smältpunkten , was published in 1954, also published in poor developing countries. In 1967, she published the religious story Pilgrimsfärd .
Her translation into Swedish of the novel of the Italian writer Umberto Eco “The Name of the Rose” (1983) was well received by critics and readers, and in 1985 he received the prize Letterstedtska priset. That same year, she won the prize Samfundet De Nio. Known for her lesbian novel Kontradans (1969), the last novel Sparkplats för jungfrun - ett socialmänskligt collage , was published in 1992, two years before the writer's death.
Bibliography
- Resa till smältpunkten. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1954. Libris 476220
- Guldhönan. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1956. Libris 787308
- Väckt ur drömmen - roman. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1958. Libris 476223
- Fyrtio dagar i öknen - roman. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1964. Libris 305151
- Pilgrimsfärd. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1967. Libris 787339
- Ich klage um Jerusalem - eine Frau erlebt das Heilige Land. Freiburg: Herder. 1968. Libris 46193
- Kontradans - roman. Stockholm: Bonnier. 1969. Libris 787336 Nyutgåva 1994
- Sparkplats för jungfrun - ett socialmänskligt collage. Stockholm: Carlsson. 1992. Libris 7666164. ISBN 91-7798-588-5
- Saga och sanning i Neutralien - erinringar från vinterkriget till atombomben. Stockholm: Carlsson. 1994. Libris 7666387. ISBN 91-7798-832-9
- Vincent Sheean: I elfte timmen (The eleventh hour), Wahlström & Widstrand, 1939
- Elliot Paul: Den trånga gatan: historien om ett Paris-kvarter (The last time I saw Paris), Wahlström & Widstrand, 1943
- Betty Smith: Det växte ett träd i Brooklyn (A tree grows in Brooklyn), Wahlström & Widstrand, 1944
- Simone de Beauvoir: Andras blod (Le sang des autres), Bonnier, 1946
- Dino Buzzati: Tataröknen (Il deserto dei Tartari), Bonnier, 1948
- Alain Robbe-Grillet: Stenögonen (Le voyeur), Bonnier, 1957
- Roger Vailland: Lagen (La loi), Bonnier, 1958
- Benvenuto Cellini: Benvenuto Cellinis liv (La vita di Benvenuto di Mo Giovanni Celli fiorentino scritta per lui medesimo in Firenze) (verserna tolkade av Alf Henrikson, Forum, 1958)
- Michel Butor: Resa mellan kvinnor (La modification), Bonnier, 1959
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa: Leoparden (Il gattopardo), Bonnier, 196)
- Nathalie Sarraute: Planetariet (Le planétarium, Bonnier, 1961
- Georges Simenon: Maigret och clocharden (Maigret et le clochard), Bonnier, 1964
- Violette Leduc: Oäktingen (La Bâtard), Bonnier, 1964. Nyutgåva: Rastlös Förlag, 2014
- Italo Calvino: Kosmokomik (Le cosmicomiche), Bonnier, 1968
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio: Jordisk extas: essäer (L'extase matérielle), Geber, 1969
Prizes
- 1961 - Prize of the Swedish Translation Academy
- 1969 - Elsa Tulin Prize for translations
- 1985 - Prize Nios for translations
Literature
- Hanna Hallgren, “Är du själv lesbisk? Jag är det, Aftonbladet 2005-01-02.
- Lindholm, Margareta (2005). Kärlek - situationer (1. uppl.). Ystad: Kabusa. sid. 7. Libris 9952188. ISBN 91-89680-79-0
- Sandberg, Elisabeth, Ett lån i den gåtfulla tiden. Kärlek och livsåskådning i Selma Lagerlöfs Bannlyst, Karin Boyes Kris och Eva Alexandersons Kontradans. (Uppsats i litteraturvetenskap, avancerad nivå, 2007), sid. 98-99.
- Lindeqvist, Karin (2000). Den smärtsamma gåvan - Annakarin Svedbergs "Din egen", Eva Alexandersons "Kontradans" och talet om homosexualiteten på 1960-talet. [Huddinge]: Södertörns Högskola, Inst. för litteraturvetenskap. Libris 9219846
- Schottenius, Maria, Eva Ingrid Elisabet Alexanderson, i Møller Jensen Elisabeth, Finnich Lone, Mai Anne-Mai, red (2000). Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria. Bd 5, Liv och verk. Höganäs: Wiken. sid. 20. Libris 1591970. ISBN 91-7119-263-8
Notes
- Hot Schottenius, Maria Alexanderson, Eva Ingrid Elisabet . The History of Nordic Women's Literature (2012). The appeal date is April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Persson, Annika Ruth Eva Alexanderson, 1911–1994 (Swedish) . Svenskt översättarlexikon . The appeal date is April 12, 2016.