Marta Tikkanen
Märta Eleonora Tikkanen , b. Cavonius (born April 3, 1935 in Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors ), Finland ) is a Finnish-Swedish literary scholar , writer and philosophy teacher.
Life
Tikkanen is the daughter of the university professor Gösta Edvin Cavonius and his wife Julia Margit Stadius. She was married to the writer Henrik Tikkanen from 1963 until his death in 1984.
Tikkanen completed her studies in literature in 1958. She then worked as a literary critic and journalist , including for the Swedish- language daily Hufvudstadsbladet . From 1961 to 1966 she worked as a language editor . She has also worked as the rector of the "Swedish Workers Institute Helsinki" ( Helsingfors svenska arbetarinstitut ). From 1972 to 1980 she was the rector of a community college . She has been a freelance writer since 1980.
Tikkanen is best known internationally for her novel How do I rape a man? ( Män kan inte våldtas - Men cannot be rape, 1975), which received some attention in feminist literature of the 1970s. The book was filmed in 1978 in a Finnish- Swedish co-production (director: Jörn Donner ). The film was released internationally under the English title " Manrape ". In 1992 Ingrid L. Ernst Älskap directed for the Modern Theater Berlin .
Because the official literary prize of the Nordic Council was to be awarded to a man for the 18th time in a row - Ivar Lo-Johansson received it - the Nordiske kvinders litteraturpris was founded “out of protest” and was awarded to it in 1979.
Tikkanen lives and works in Finland.
Honors
- 1979 Thank you-for-the-book medal for Vuosisadan rakkaustarina
- 1979 Nordiske kvinders litteraturpris
- 1999 Tollanderska priset
- 2002 Svenska Akademiens Finlandspris
- 2014 Signe Ekblad-Eldhs pris
bibliography
- 1970: nu imorron
- 1972: Ingenmansland
- 1974: Vem bryr sig om Doris Mihailov
- 1975: Mann can inte våldtas
- 1980: Translated by Verena Reichel into German: How do I rape a man? , Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 3-499-14581-2
- 1978: Århundradets kärlekssaga - German: The love story of the century (Verena Reichel)
- 1979: Våldsam kärlek
- 1981: Mörkret som ger glädjen djup - German: The shadow under which you live (Verena Reichel)
- 1982: Sofias egen bok - German: Aifos means Sofia. Living with a special child (Astrid Arz)
- 1986: Rödluvan - German: A dream of men, no, of wolves (Verena Reichel), ISBN 9783499159466 (earlier: 3499159465)
- 1989: Storfångaren - German: The great catcher (Verena Reichel)
- 1992: Arnaía kastad i havet - German: Arnaia - Thrown into the Sea (Verena Reichel)
- 1992: Bryta mot lagen
- 1996: Personliga angägenheter - German: Personal questions (Verena Reichel)
- 1998: Sofia vuxen med sitt MBD
- 2004: Två
- 2010: Emma och Uno. Visst var det kärlek
Web links
- Biography on Rowohlt Theater Verlag
- Märta Tikkanen portrayed by the Finnish photographer Juha Törmälä
- The film adaptation of How do I rape a man? in the Internet Movie Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Märta Tikkanen. In: Rowohlt Theater Verlag. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Märta Tikkanen. In: Rowohlt Theater Verlag. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tikkanen, Marta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cavonius, Märta Eleonora (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish-Swedish writer and philosophy teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |