Bodil Malmsten

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Bodil Malmsten (2015)

Bodil Malmsten (born August 19, 1944 in Bjärme, Östersund municipality , † February 5, 2016 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish writer.

Life

Bodil Malmsten's father, Ulf Malmsten, was an agronomist and married to Inez Alm, a farmer's daughter from Bjärme. The parents divorced early; the daughters Åsa and Bodil stayed with their mother. The economic circumstances forced the mother to move from Bjärme to Hälsingland , where she worked as a housekeeper. Malmsten lived with her maternal grandparents for six months and then with foster parents in Vällingby .

She made her debut in 1970 with the children's book Ludvig åker (Ludwig travels), which she wrote together with the illustrator Peter Csihas . In 1977 her first collection of poems was published under the title Dvärgen Gustav (Der Zwerg Gustav). Her first novel was Den dagen kastanjerna slår ut är jag långt härifrån (I am far from here on the day the chestnuts come out). In the following years she wrote more poems, short stories, novels, plays and journals.

In 1999 she moved to France, first to the Finistère department in Brittany , then to Saint-Nazaire in the Loire-Atlantique department . Eventually she returned to Sweden in 2010. She died of cancer in Stockholm in 2016.

With Peter Csihas she had a daughter named Stefania Malmsten , born in 1967, who became known as a graphic designer and fashion editor.

She has received over a dozen Swedish literary prizes and was an honorary doctorate from the Central Swedish University of Mittuniversitetet in Sundsvall .

Works

Original editions

  • Ludvig åker (children's book), together with Peter Csihas, 1970
  • Dvärgen Gustaf (poems), 1977
  • Ladies, det brinner! (Poems), 1984
  • Paddan & Branden (poems), 1987
  • B-ställningar (texts), 1987
  • Ett only för Bodil Malmsten (poems), 1977–1987
  • Svartvita pictures (novellas), 1988
  • Nåd & onåd - Idioternas bok (poems), 1989
  • Nefertiti i Berlin (poems), 1990
  • Landet utan lov (poems), 1991
  • Det är ingen ordning på mina papper (Notes), 1991
  • Dikter 1977-1990 (poems), 1991
  • Inte med den eld jag har nu (poems), 1993
  • Den dagen kastanjerna slår ut är jag långt härifrån (novel), 1994
  • Tulipomania , 1995
  • Cirkus (text by Bodil Malmsten, pictures by Hans Gedda), 1995
  • Nästa som rör mig (novel), 1996
  • Undergångarens sånger (short stories), 1998
  • Det finns inga lyckopiller , 2000
  • Priset på vatten i Finistère (novel), 2001
  • The är fortfarande ingen ordning på mina papper (Notes), 2003
  • Mitt första liv (novel, autobiographical), 2004
  • För att lämna röstmeddelande, TRYCK STJÄRNA (monologues), 2005
  • Listen to bara hur ditt hjärta bultar i mig (diary), 2006
  • Kom och hälsa på mig om tusen år (diary), 2007
  • Sista boken från Finistère (novel), 2008
  • De från norr kommande leoparderna (diary), 2009
  • Och en månad går fortare nu än ett hjärtslag (diary), 2012
  • Så gör jag - Konsten att skriva , 2012
  • Och ett skepp med sju segel och femti kanoner ska försvinna med mig (diary), 2013
  • Det här är hjärtat (poems), 2015

German editions

  • The price of water in Finistère (original title: Priset på vatten i Finistère , 2001, translated by Sigrid Engeler ), Deuticke im Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-552-06052-4 .

Web links

Commons : Bodil Malmsten  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Författaren Bodil Malmsten död. In: svd.se. Svenska Dagbladet February 6, 2016, accessed February 9, 2016 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Bodil Malmsten har avlidit , Mittuniversitetet, accessed on Feb. 12, 2016 (Swedish, with a video of her speech on the occasion of the award of the honorary doctorate)
personal data
SURNAME Malmsten, Bodil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bjärme , Östersund (municipality) , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 2016
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden