Dagmar Lange

Dagmar Lange

Bust of Lange in her home town of Nora.
Born Dagmar Maria Lange
(1914-03-31)31 March 1914
Västerås, Sweden
Died 9 October 1991(1991-10-09) (aged 77)
Nora, Sweden
Pen name Maria Lang
Nationality Swedish
Period 1949–1990
Genre Crime fiction

Dagmar Maria Lange (31 March 1914, Västerås – 9 October 1991, Nora) was a Swedish author of crime fiction under the pen name Maria Lang. She was one of the first detective novelists in the Swedish language, and her books helped make the genre popular in Sweden.[1] Her first novel, Mördaren ljuger inte ensam (The Murderer is Not the Only Liar), was published in 1949 and caused some controversy because two of the main characters lived in a homosexual relationship. The book was given a positive review by Barbro Alving in Dagens Nyheter.[2]

Lange wrote more than 40 detective novels, as well as crime fiction for young adults. Most of her books are set in the fictional Swedish town Skoga, which is based on Lange's home town Nora. She was one of the original 13 members of the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy when it was founded in 1971.

Books in Swedish

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dagmar Lange, Nationalencyklopedin, retrieved 3 January 2011 (in Swedish)
  2. ↑ Kärrholm, Sara (2004). "Pusseldeckaren och folkhemmets bortträngda mörker". In Salomon, Kim; Larsson, Lisbeth; Arvidsson, Håkan. Hotad idyll: berättelser om svenskt folkhem och kallt krig (in Swedish). Lund: Nordic Academic Press. pp. 81–109. ISBN 91-89116-76-3.


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