Samfundet De Nios stora pris (De Nio's Grand Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (1968) Winner
Elsa Grave
エルサ・グラーヴェ
Elsa Gurāve
Aliases:
Else Grave
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1918-01-17 （Gunnarstorp, Scania）
- Died
- 2003-06-17 （Unknown） age 85
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Gunnarstorp, Scania → Billesholm → Nyvång near Åstorp
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, artist
- Active Years
- 1943-1989
- Affiliations
- Elsa Grave Sällskapet
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lund University | — | Romance languages and history of art | — | 1938-1942 | Sweden |
| Isaac Grünewald's school | — | Art | — | 1938 | Sweden |
| Art school in Paris | — | Art | — | 1938 | France |
Lund University
Romance languages and history of art
Period:
1938-1942
Year of Graduation:
1942
Country:
Sweden
Isaac Grünewald's school
Art
Period:
1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
Sweden
Stockholm
Art school in Paris
Art
Period:
1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
France
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Inkräktare
1943 Poetry collectionEarly modernist poetry collection.
Critique of Western civilization
Bortförklaring
1948 Poetry collectionFamous for the poem 'Svinborstnatt' depicting pigs with human characteristics.
Anthropomorphism of animalsMotherhood
Den blåa himlen
1949 Poetry collectionPoems on motherhood, including 'Djuphausmakerad'.
MotherhoodSorrow
Ariel
1955 NovelNarrator Marina seeks freedom from conventional women's roles.
Women's liberation
Bibliography
- Inkräktare 1943
- Som en flygande skalbagge 1945
- Bortförklaring 1948
- Den blåa himlen 1949
- Medusan och djävulen 1949
- Avskedsövning 1951
- Påfågeln 1952
- Isskåpet 1952
- 9 elegier 1953
- Ariel 1955
- Lufthav 1956
- Från taggarnas värld 1958
- Luciafirarna 1959
- Positiv försvarspolitik 1959
- Isdityramb 1960
- Höstfärd 1961
- Tre lyriska gräl 1962
- Dikter 1943-1963
- Sphinxen 1963
- Höjdförlust 1965
- Medan vi låg och sov 1966
- Hungersöndag 1967
- Dikter 1968
- Vid nödläge 1969
- Mödrar som vargar 1972
- Avfall. Från och till 1974
- Slutförbannelser 1977
- En tid i paradiset 1981
- Evighetens barnbarn 1982
- För isdemoner är fan en snögubbe 1985
- Sataneller 1989
- Elsa Grave, Dikter, urval 2004
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Symbolic styleModernist
- Recurring Motifs
- Critique of Western civilizationMotherhoodAnger and despondency
Legacy
Swedish modernist poet, novelist, and artist known for her unique symbolic style, critical of Western civilization and exploring motherhood.
Archives
- Elsa Grave Sällskapet