Ole Torvalds
Ole Torvalds (born August 4, 1916 in Ekenäs , † February 8, 1995 in Turku ) was a Finnish-Swedish poet , journalist and translator. He is the father of Nils Torvalds and the grandfather of Linus Torvalds . His full name was Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg , but he was also called Karanko, after his father Toivo T. Karanko. In 1935, when he moved to Helsinki to study , he changed his name to Torvalds.
Life
Ole Torvalds began his journalistic career as editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Västra Nyland in Ekenäs , where he stayed from 1941 until the end of the Second World War . In 1944 he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet literary prize (shared by Harry Martinson, Lars Ahlin and Elly Jannes ). He was married to Märta von Wendt and had three children with her. In Karleby Torvalds worked from autumn 1947 as editor of the newspaper Österbottningen . In the summer of 1948, the marriage with his wife was divorced. In the same year he married Meta Gyllenberg with whom they had two other children. A little later, Torvalds worked as editor of the newspaper Åbo Underrättelser , of which he was editor-in-chief from 1958 to 1967 and culture editor from 1968 to 1981. In 1978 he received an honorary doctorate from the Åbo Akademi .
Works
- Vi sjunger inte för dem , 1939
- Ointagligt land , 1942
- Hemligt medansvar , 1944
- Svår glädje , 1946
- Strängar av aska , 1954
- Mellan is och eld , 1957
- Vid källorna , 1961
- Speglingar i en å , 1972
- Live plug , 1986
- Vågmärken , 1988
Translations
Torvalds translated Finnish, English and German literature into Swedish, a. a .:
- Hangö fästning , Reino Aaltonen
- Ett sekel till havs, Effoas hundra första år 1883-1983 , Paavo Haavikko
- Nio mans stövlar , Pentti Haanpää
- Efter applåderna , Kosti Vehanen
- Sinuhe, Egyptians , Mika Waltari
Awards
- 1944 Literature Prize from the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet
- 1955 Tollanderska priset
Web links
- Literature by and about Ole Torvalds in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Project Runeberg : Nordic authors (sv.)
- ↑ Ole Torvalds 1929 [-1995]. nykarlebyvyer.nu, accessed January 18, 2016 (Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torvalds, Ole |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saxberg, Ole Torvalds Elis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer, journalist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ekenäs |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1995 |
| Place of death | Turku |