Marianne Alopaeus

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Marianne Alopaeus
Born	9 October 1918 Tammisaari
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Finnish
Subjects	Existentialist

Marianne Alopaeus (born 9 October 1918) is a Finnish-born writer who publishes in Swedish.

Biography

Marianne Rosenbröijer was born in Ekenäs in southern Finland on 9 October 1918.^[1] She married in 1940 and her first novel was published in 1945 under her married name. The following year she moved to Sweden.^[2] "The Dark Core" is her best known work and it deals with a woman who rejects the priorities of her children to concentrate on intellectual pursuits. The work is thought to be influenced by the style and approach of the existentialist Simone de Beauvoir. This book was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 1947 she was awarded the Finnish Thanks for the Book Award (Kiitos kirjasta -mitali in Finnish).

She lived in the USA and in France^[1] and moved to Sweden again in 1973. Ten years later she wrote Drabbad av Sverige which deals with what it is to be Swedish.

Works

1945 - Departure (Uppbrott)

1950 - And the dream ends (Dröm utan slut)

1953 - utanför

1959 - Farewell to August (Avsked i Augusti)

1965 - The Dark core (Mörkrets Karna)

1971 - Hits Rajan (Betraktelser around a Grans), a collection of essays

1983 - Sweden's Enchanting (Drabbad av Sverige), a collection of essays

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Marianne Alopaeus, Nordic Woomen, accessed October 2012
↑ Marianne Alopaeus, accessed October 2012

Persondata
Name	Alopaeus, Marianne
Alternative names
Short description	Writer in Swedish
Date of birth	9nOctober, 1918
Place of birth	Tammisaari
Date of death
Place of death

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