Maria Zennström
Maria Zennström (* 1962 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish writer , critic , director and screenwriter .
Life
Zennström grew up in Stockholm as the daughter of a Swedish father and a Russian mother. In the 1980s she lived in Soviet Leningrad for almost ten years . After training at the Moscow Film School , she began to work in feature films. With her first work Katarinas sovjetiska upplevelser (German: Katarinas sovjetische Erlebnisse ) Zennström moved into the public eye in 2001. She currently lives in Stockholm and works as an author, critic and writing course teacher. She has been a member of the editorial team of Kritiker magazine since 2009 . But she not only wrote prose , but also a radio drama. In 2011 the short film Leningrads sista dagar (German: Leningrads last days ) was released, in which she not only directed, but also acted as a producer and screenwriter.
Her writing and language style was shaped by her training as a film director and her stay in Russia. In addition, her inspiration comes from meetings and discussions with a wide variety of people. She finds orientation and found her in Lars Ahlins and Rainer Maria Rilke's serious, difficult and easy language as well as in Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski's humor. She also admires Birgitta Defiant .
Works
Novels
- Katarinas sovjetiska upplevelser , 2001
- Hur ser ett liv ut om man inte har tillräckligt med kärlek? , 2010
Scripts
- Leningrad's sista dagar , 2011
Prizes and awards
- Kalleberger grant 2001
- Debut award from Boråser Zeitung 2002
- Aftonbladet Prize for Literature 2010
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Zennström in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography by Bonnier Verlag (Swedish), accessed March 15, 2012
- Maria Zennström in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Swedish film database , accessed on March 15, 2012
- ↑ Maria Zennström receives the Aftonblad Literature Prize (Swedish), accessed on March 15, 2012
- ↑ a b Short biography of the Bonnier publishing house
- ↑ Interview with Maria Zennström on malmo.se ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish), accessed on March 15, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zennström, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer, critic, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |