Majken Johansson
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Majken Johansson (August 7, 1930 – December 11, 1993) was a Swedish poet, writer and a Salvation Army soldier.
Majken Johansson was born in Malmö and as a young girl she spent her childhood in and out of foster care and with an abusing mother. Her teenage years was filled with alcoholism but despite this Majken Johansson had good grades and managed to get in at Lund University, one of Sweden's most prestigious universities where she gratuated. After a stormy relationship with another woman (which ended very tragically with the woman committing suicide) Majken suffered a life crises which lead to her decision in later joining the Swedish section of the Salvation Army in the 1950s. She began to write, both socially debating articles in news papers but more important: also poetry. She debuted with Buskteater in 1952, which was celibrated by many critics. Johansson published altogether 8 volumes of poetry between years 1952-89. Her poems reflects not only on thoughts of life, love and God, but also on everyday reflections in a very simple and keen way, often with a lot of humor.
In recent years Johansson's poetry has been published in new editions and gained a generation of new readers. She is today regarded to as one of Sweden's greatest poets of the mid-20th Century, alongside names such as Hjalmar Gullberg and Werner Aspenström.
[edit] Works
- Buskteater (1952)
- I grund och botten (1956)
- Andens undanflykt (1958)
- Liksom överlämnad (1965)
- Omtal (1969)
- Från Magdala (1972)
- Söndagstankar (1978)
- Djup ropar till djup (1989)
- Dikter - Majken Johansson (Bonniers 2002; collected poems)
