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Marika Stiernstedt

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Marika Stiernstedt

Aliases: Maria Sofia Alexandra Stiernstedt
Pen Names: Mark SternEarly works

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1875-01-12 (Stockholm)
Died
1954-10-25 (Finja) age 79
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Stockholm

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Artist
Active Years
1892-1954
Affiliations
Swedish Writers' Association (chairperson 1931–1936, 1940–1943)
Memberships
Samfundet De Nio

Awards

Samfundet De Nio grand prize
1917
Organization: Samfundet De Nio
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fröken Liwin

1925 Novel

Depicts contradictions between mother and daughter and problems of aging alone

Mother-daughter relationshipsAging

Spegling i en skärva

1936 Short story collection

A selection of short stories

Human relations

Ullabella

1922 Youth book

Youth book

Youth

Bibliography

  • 1897 – "Elise: novell"
  • 1897 – Guldnålen : skiss / af Mark Stern
  • 1909 – Det första hjärtat
  • 1910 – Lilas äktenskap
  • 1911 – Landshövdingens dotter
  • 1912 – Daniela Herz
  • 1913 – Alma Wittfogels rykte
  • 1913 – Janinas hjärta
  • 1916 – Frankrikes själ
  • 1917 – Armeniernas fruktansvärda läge
  • 1917 – En officershistoria och några andra berättelser
  • 1920 – Världen och stjärnorna
  • 1922 – Ullabella (ungdomsbok)
  • 1924 – von Sneckenströms
  • 1925 – Fröken Liwin
  • 1927 – Resning i målet
  • 1928 – Mitt och de mina, autobiography
  • 1929 – Hos hög och låg i Marocko, travelogue
  • 1930 – Daniel Herz
  • 1930 – Adjö min gröna ungdom, autobiography
  • 1933 – De fyra marskalkstavarna
  • 1935 – Ryskt, travelogue
  • 1936 – Spegling i en skärva
  • 1939 – Allvar i Frankrike (intryck från en resa)
  • 1940 – Man glömmer ingenting
  • 1942 – Attentat i Paris
  • 1944 – Indiansommar 39
  • 1946 – Polsk revolution
  • 1947 – Banketten
  • 1948 – Mest sanning, autobiography
  • 1953 – Kring ett äktenskap, autobiography
  • 1954 – Bland människor

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Tribute to middle-class womenSocialist perspective despite aristocratic backgroundTravelogues and newspaper articles
Recurring Motifs
Women's education and rolesAnti-war themesArmenian genocide reporting

Legacy

Aristocratic-born socialist Catholic author, early reporter on Armenian genocide, anti-war and anti-Nazi writer, chairperson of Swedish Writers' Association, portrayed middle-class women.

Trivia

  • One of the first Swedes to report on the Armenian genocide.
  • Met Jules Pascin in Paris who was impressed by her artwork.
  • Married twice, had daughter Lena Cederström.