Английская Википедия:Elin Améen

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Elin Améen (Шаблон:Birth dateШаблон:Spaced en dashШаблон:Death date) was a Swedish author.[1]

Biography

Améen was born in 1852 in Karlskrona to Vilhelmina and Georg Améen, as one of three children, having two brothers. Her father Georg was a prominent government official and publisher. Améen made her writing debut in 1885 with short stories published in the book Шаблон:Lang (Bondage and other stories and sketches) published by the Albert Bonniers company, though it did not sell well. Despite the poor sales of her book, she was appointed to the new women's cultural organisation Sällskapet Nya Idun (The New Idun Society), a women's counterpart to the men's club Sällskapet Idun (The Idun Society).[2] [3]

In 1891 Améen's first successful work, Шаблон:Lang (Life Goals), a collection of stories and sketches, was published. Шаблон:Lang included the short story Шаблон:Lang (Freed) which was also published in the magazine Шаблон:Interlanguage link. Шаблон:Lang was later turned into a successful play in English called Alan's Wife by the American actress Elizabeth Robins, which Améen had translated back into Swedish and staged eventually at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm. Améen subsequently wrote the collections Шаблон:Lang (Freedom), Шаблон:Lang ("Bergtagen" and other stories and sketches), Margareta, Шаблон:Lang (A summer dream), Шаблон:Lang (A summer story), Шаблон:Lang (Countess Dora), and Шаблон:Lang (Divorce). Améen was also published extensively in the Swedish press under the pen names EA, Elisa, Lina and Mn.[3]

Améen suffered ill health for most of her life, particularly in her final decade. She died in Stockholm in 1913.[3]

References

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Further reading

  • Lynn R Wilkinson: "Sketching modernity: Elin Améen's "Träldom" and "Lifsmål"" in: Scandinavica (42):2, 2003


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