Majgull Axelsson

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Majgull Axelsson (2016)

Majgull Axelsson (* 14. February 1947 in Landskrona as Majgull Andersson ) is a Swedish writer and journalist .

Life

Axelsson grew up in Nässjö . After training as a journalist, she mainly worked in this profession in the areas of trade policy and the labor market . During this time she was closely associated with the umbrella organization of the Swedish trade unions (LO) . She was also the secretary for public relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Beklädnadsfolket . Her first works were non-fiction and dealt with problems with child prostitution and street children in the third world as well as poverty in Sweden. Våra minsta bröder (German: Our smallest brothers ) was published in 1986 and dealt with child labor at the time. Three years later, the documentary novel Rosario's Story was published , which describes child prostitution in the Philippines . In 1991 the report book Dom dödar oss (German: They kill us ) about street children in Latin America was published. In 1994 Axelsson made his debut with the prose The Same Sky , which attracted a lot of attention. In Och dom som inte har (German: And those who have nothing ) she discussed the problems of unemployment and poverty in Sweden. In autumn 1997 the novel The April Witch was published , with which she had her big breakthrough both with critics and with the general public. The rights to this book have been sold in 23 countries, including the USA, Australia, Germany, France and other European countries. Even Augusta's house and the same sky were translated into several languages. Her novel Eis und Wasser, Wasser und Eis , translated into German, was published in 2008 and the novel Dein Leben und meins in 2017 .

In September 2002 Axelsson made her debut as a playwright at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm with LisaLouise . This play, in which she addresses the problem of female abuse by men, was also performed at the state theaters in Västerås and Helsingborg and was on the repertoire of several Finnish theaters.

Axelsson currently lives on Lidingö in Stockholm. She is married to Jan Axelsson and has two sons.

Works

  • Asia i deras ögon (1978)
  • Våra minsta bröder (1986)
  • Rosario's story (Swedish: Rosario är död ) (1989), ISBN 978-3442727476
  • Dom dödar oss (1991)
  • Svenska beklädnadsarbetareförbundet 1950-1971 , (1991)
  • Sko- och läderarbetareförbundet 1948-1971 , (1991)
  • Svenska textilarbetareförbundet 1949-1971 , (1991)
  • Med i facket (1992)
  • Orättvisans abducted (1992)
  • The same sky (Swedish Långt borta från Nifelheim ) (1994), ISBN 978-3442734085
  • Vad händer med barnen? (1994)
  • ... och dom som inte har (1996)
  • Die Aprilhexe (Swedish Aprilhäxan ) (1997), ISBN 978-3442724727
  • Augusta's House (Swedish Slumpvandring ) (2000), ISBN 978-3442731305
  • En stad av slott (2002)
  • Which I never was (Swedish Den jag aldrig var ) (2004), ISBN 978-3442739950
  • Ice and water, water and ice (Swedish Is och vatten, vatten och is ) (2008), ISBN 978-3570100417 .
  • Moders Passion (2011).
  • My name is not Miriam (Swedish Jag heter inte Miriam ), translated by Christel Hildebrandt . Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-471-35128-4 .
  • Your life and mine (Swedish: Ditt liv och mitt ), translated by Christel Hildebrandt. Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-548-61321-5 .

Prizes and awards

  • Moa Martinson Scholarship 1995
  • August 1997 Prize (for The April Witch )
  • BMF plaque from the Swedish Book Trade Association 1997 (for The April Witch )
  • Cultural grant from the industrial union in 1998
  • Price writer of the year the union SKFT 2000
  • Price Book of the Year of Månadens bok publisher 2004
  • Hedenvind badge 2006
  • BMF plaque 2014 for Jag heter inte Miriam
  • Ivar Lo Prize 2015
  • Signe Ekblad-Eldhs Prize 2016

Web links

Commons : Majgull Axelsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography of Majgull Axelsson ( memento of November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at Norstedts Verlag (Swedish), accessed on September 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ www.dramadirekt.com : LisaLouise (Swedish), accessed on September 8, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Axelsson, Majgull
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Majgull (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Landskrona