Eugénie Söderberg

Henya Eugénie Söderberg , later Perls (born March 25, 1903 in Heidelberg , Germany , as Henya Eugénie Riwkin , † January 1973 in New York ) was a Swedish-American journalist , author and translator .

biography

Family in sweden

Eugénie Riwkin was the eldest daughter of the businessman Shalom Schender "Alexander" Riwkin (1878–1930). and Frida Perelman (1881–1944) as well as the sister of the photographer Anna Riwkin and the editor Josef Riwkin .

Eugénie Riwkin married the writer Mikael Söderberg (1903-1931) on December 24, 1927 . He was the son of Märta and Hjalmar Söderberg , the brother of the actress Dora , the historian Tom and half-brother of the actress Betty Söderberg .

Living in the United States

After Mikael Söderberg's death, Eugénie Riwkin – Söderberg moved away from Europe. In April 1940 she went on board the Kungsholm from Haiti to Havana and from there on to New York . She settled in New York and reported in an August 1940 letter to Hjalmar Söderberg that there are a lot of great things in the country, but that at the same time she finds it very scary.

Journalist in New York

When Hjalmar Söderberg died, Eugénia Riwkin – Söderberg wrote an article about him in New York - an analysis of himself and his authorship. It is not known where the article was published, but she sent the manuscript to Söderberg's wife in Copenhagen. She wrote a thank you letter explaining that her daughter Betty and son-in-law Hakon Stangerup read the translated version of the article to her. The last letter from Eugénie to Emilie Söderberg is from 1949. Eugéine Riwkin later lived permanently in New York and in 1941 married the well-known antique dealer and gallery owner Hugo Perls . In New York, she continued to work as a journalist, including for Scandinavian newspapers. For the book Mohikana she worked with her sister, the photographer Anna Riwkin . Her third novel, Min son är min , was published in Sweden by Rabén & Sjögren . Until her death, she sent money to Sweden to look after Mikael Söderberg's grave.

epilogue

At Stony Brook University in Long Island, there is the Eugenie Soderberg Collection , a collection of letters, articles, manuscripts and diaries that have been translated into Russian, Swedish, German, French and English.

Bibliography (selection)

• 1933 - Cultures i Sovjet (as Eugénie Riwkin – Söderberg, Bonnier)
• 1936 - student factories: roman (Bonnier)
• 1947 - Med bästa avsikt: roman (Medén)
• 1961 - Mokihana bor på Hawaii (Rabén & Sjögren)
  • German translation: Mokihana (1962)
• 1962 - Hawaii (together with Anna Riwkin-Brick)
• 1965 - Min son är min ( Rabén & Sjögren )
• 1970 - "Kollektivet kring Spektrum". In the magazine Bonniers litterära magasin , 1970: no.8

literature

• Riddarhusgenealog Pontus Möllers publiceringar. Författaren Hjalmar Söderbergs släkt (1997).
• Eugenie Soderberg Collection , Stony Brook University, New York.
• Holmbäck, Bure: Hjalmar Söderberg - Ett författarliv , Bonniers, 1988. s. 486-87.
• Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie , Söderbergsällskapet, Växjö 2009. Number 17 i Söderbergsällskapets series of publications ISSN  1100-4304 , ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9 .
• Wästberg, Per: Kära Hjalle Kära Bo - Bo Bergmans och Hjalmar Söderbergs brevväxling 1891–1941 , published with the introduction and commentary by Per Wästberg, Bonniers, Stockholm 1969. s. 239-40.
• Söderberg, Eugenie Swedish Writer's Lexicon / 1. 1900–1940 A – Ö /, s. 802.
• Eugénie Söderberg on libris

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Rotemannen, CD-ROM, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund / Stockholms Stadsarkiv (2012).
2. ↑ Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie , Söderbergsällskapet, 2009. ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9 . s. 21st
3. ↑ Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD – ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010).
4. ↑ Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie , Söderbergsällskapet, 2009. ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9 . s. 22nd
5. ↑ Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie , Söderbergsällskapet, 2009. ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9 . s. 67.
6. ↑ Riddarhusgenealog Pontus Möller publiceringar. Författaren Hjalmar Söderbergs släkt (1997).
7. ↑ Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie , Söderbergsällskapet, 2009. ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9 . s. 67.
8. ↑ Swartz, Per Olof: En främling i världen - om Mikael Söderberg och hans hustru Eugénie (Söderbergsällskapet, 2009), s. 69. ISBN 978-91-977970-0-9
9. ↑ Eugenie Soderberg Collection ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.