Maria Sveland

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Maria Sveland (2013)

Maria Karolina Sveland (born November 26, 1974 in Örebro , Sweden ) is a Swedish television and radio journalist and writer . She gained international fame with her first novel Bitterfotze (orig. Bitterfittan , 2007), in which she denounces inequality between the sexes and propagates a new feminism .

Life and work

Maria Sveland grew up in Örebro, Sweden. She graduated from the Institute for Film and Television Studies in Stockholm and has worked as a television and radio journalist ever since. She has produced several award-winning programs for Swedish radio and television and received the Ikaros Prize ( Ikarospriset ) in 2003 for her documentary Som en hora ( Eng . Like a Whore ).

Sveland made her debut as a writer in 2007 with her novel Bitterfittan . The novel caused a sensation, was on the bestseller lists for weeks and has been translated into numerous languages, including Danish, German, English, Dutch, Norwegian and Czech. He has also been dramatized in several versions and played in the Uppsala City Theater , Stockholm City Theater and Västerbottensteatern , toured with the Swedish National Theater and was heard as a radio theater on Swedish radio. In 2009 the German translation by Regine Elsässer was published under the title Bitterfotze by the publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch . In the same year an audio book version followed, which was read by the German actress Tanja Fornaro . The novel was also a bestseller in the German-speaking countries and was controversially discussed in the feature pages: as a modernized "feminist development novel " (taz) and "equality reloaded" (SZ), but also as a difficult-to-digest "complaint" (FAZ). After her debut, two more novels from Sveland were published in German with Häschen in der Grube (2013) and Immer noch Bitterfotze (2019).

Since 2007, Sveland has also combined her literary activities with lectures at universities, colleges and libraries, at conferences, literary festivals and other types of cultural events. The focus is on those topics that she also takes up in her books; including feminism and gender equality, the role of women, maternity myths, sexuality, class and racism.

Maria Sveland is married and has two sons.

Awards

  • 2003: Ikaros Prize for the documentary Som en hora (German like a whore ) (SR, P1)
  • 2011: Award for her book Att springa as part of the women's campaign in 2010 ( Årets kvinnogärning ) of the organization Riksorganisation för kvinnojourer och tjejjourer i Sverige (Roks)

Works

Novels

Articles in short stories

  • Birgitta Stenberg et al .: Min mormors historia . Forum, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 9789137133836 .
  • Maria Sveland, Katarina Wennstam (eds.): Happy, happy: en bok om skilsmässa . Atlas, Stockholm 2011. ISBN 9789173893916 .

Non-fiction

Audio book

  • Bitter cunt . 6 CDs with a running time of 423 minutes. Read in full by Tanja Fornaro. Lauscherlounge Records, Berlin 2009. ISBN 9783785742495 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Sveland. In: Kiepenheuer and Witsch. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Maria Sveland: Om Maria. In: Maria Sveland. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Heide Oestreich: Swedish bestseller "Bitterfotze": Don't be afraid of bitter lips. In: taz. February 27, 2009, accessed June 23, 2020 .
  4. ^ Jens-Christian Rabe: Equality reloaded: The stupid Augustine. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 17, 2010, accessed June 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Felicitas von Lovenberg: Review note on Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In: Pearl Divers. May 30, 2009, accessed June 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Maria Sveland: Forelasningar. In: Maria Sveland. Retrieved June 24, 2020 (Swedish).
  7. ^ Maria Sveland. In: Pearl Divers. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sveland, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sveland, Maria Karolina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish television journalist, radio journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro , Sweden