Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
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Edition 57 (1975) Winner
Barbro Alving
バルブロ・アルヴィング
Baruro Aruvingu
Pen Names:
Bang（Used as a pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1909-01-12 （Uppsala）
- Died
- 1987-01-22 （Stockholm） age 78
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Catholic Baptized in 1959
- Residence History
- Uppsala (birthplace) → Stockholm (from age 11)
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1928-1987
- Affiliations
- Idun, Dagens Nyheter, Vecko-Journalen
- Influenced By
- Elin Wägner
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlockska samskolan | — | General education | — | ～1928 | Sweden |
Whitlockska samskolan
General education
Period:
～1928
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
Sweden
Graduated high school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Nios Grand Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Nios Grand Prize
1975
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dagbok från Långholmen
1956 MemoirDiary of her time in Långholmen Prison
PacifismPrison life
Käringen mot strömmen
1946 Collected columnsAnnual collections of newspaper columns published 1946-1973
FeminismPacifism
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- JournalisticDirect and passionate
- Recurring Motifs
- PacifismFeminismWar reporting
Legacy
Prominent Swedish journalist, pacifist, and feminist known as Bang. Famous for war reporting. The feminist magazine Bang is named after her.
In Popular Culture
- Namesake of feminist magazine Bang
Trivia
- Lived over 40 years with daughter Maud Fanny Alving (Ruffa Alving-Olin) and painter Anna Laura Sjöcrona forming 'a different kind of family'
- Refused civil defense duty due to pacifism and served one month in Långholmen Prison