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Gunnar Mattsson

カイ グンナル ウォルター マットソン

Kaj Gunnar Wolter Mattsson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-05-05 （Helsinki, Finland）
Died
1989-08-09 （Helsinki, Finland） age 52
Nationality
Finland
Languages
Swedish

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist
Active Years
1989
Affiliations
Hufvudstadsbladet

Awards

Thanks for the Book Award
Work: The Princess (Prinsessan)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Princess (Prinsessan)

Novel

A novel originally written in Swedish that became a bestseller in Finland. It was translated into around thirty languages and was adapted into the Swedish film A Time in the Sun (1966).

famehuman relationshipssocial status
Adaptations
  • [Film] A Time in the Sun (1966)
Translations
  • English translation: The Princess (1968, translated by Joan Bulman)

Adaptations

  • A Time in the Sun (film, 1966)

Translations of Works

  • The Princess (English translation 1968; translated into roughly 30 languages)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realist styleDepiction of Swedish-speaking Finnish society
Recurring Motifs
lonelinessgap between fame and realitycomplex human relationships

Health

  • Alcoholism
    晩年
    Long-term alcoholism negatively affected his personal life and career and has been reported to have contributed to his suicide.

Legacy

Best known for the novel The Princess, which was translated into many languages and adapted for film. Despite his literary success, his personal life was marked by alcoholism and a tragic death in 1989. He is regarded as a notable figure in 20th-century Finnish Swedish-language literature.

Trivia

  • Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and journalist.
  • Best known for the novel The Princess, translated into around 30 languages.
  • The Princess was adapted into a Swedish film in 1966.
  • Worked as a journalist for Hufvudstadsbladet.
  • Suffered from alcoholism and committed suicide in 1989.