Elsie Johansson
Elsie Gunborg Johansson (born May 1, 1931 in Vendels socken , Sweden ) is a Swedish writer .
Life
Elsie Johansson was born the fifth child of a farm, construction and forest worker. She lived with her family in a sparse forest hut, which would later become the scene of her story again and again. After graduating from high school in Uppsala in 1948 , she started working for the Swedish Post. She married at 18 and had their first child at 19. After working there for 30 years, she made her debut as a writer in 1979 with the poetry book Brorsan hade en vevgrammofon . She made her debut novel in 1984 with Kvinnan som mötte en hund .
She celebrated her big break in 2001 with Nancy , the story about working-class girls of the same name. For this book she was awarded the Aniarapriset , the Stig Dagermanpriset , the Siripriset and the Hedenvind plaque , among others . After a translation by Katrin Frey , the book was finally published in 2004 by Piper Verlag under the German title Das Leben ein Fest .
One of Johansson's books has been made into a film so far. Her children's book Kattbreven , published in 1991, was made into a film under the direction of Christina Olofson in 2001 and was shown for the first time in German on December 15, 2001 with the title Katzenjammer on the children's channel .
Works (selection)
- Brorsan hade en vevgrammofon (1979)
- Potatisballader (1981)
- Kvinnan Som mötte en Hund (1984)
- Det bruna envelope (1985)
- Gå i mitt grass (1987)
- Mormors Mystery (1987)
- Tiger Fruit (1989)
- Vardagstankar (1989)
- Oss skrämmer dom inte (1990)
- Kattbreven (1991)
- Ordens makt och maktens ord (1992)
- Lindansaren (1995)
- Guldmannen (1995)
-
Glasfåglarna (1996)
- Light in winter , Leipzig 2004
- Dikter 1979-1989 (1998)
-
Mosippan (1998)
- Midsummer Dance , Munich 2004, Piper Verlag , ISBN 3-492-04607-X
-
Nancy (2001)
- Das Leben ein Fest , Munich 2005, Piper Verlag, ISBN 978-3-492-04776-0
- Advice from Nancy (2003)
- Näckrosträdet (2004)
- Sin ensamma kropp (2008)
- Då nu är hag (2011)
Web links
- Literature by and about Elsie Johansson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elsie Johansson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johansson, Elsie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johansson, Elsie Gunborg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vendels socks , Sweden |