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Rita Tornborg

リタ・トーンボリ

Rita Tōnbori

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1926-12-13 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
South Africa → Poland → Sweden

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer
Active Years
1970-2024

Awards

Dobloug Prize
1995
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Paukes gerilla

1970 novel

Salomos namnsdag

1979 novel

Systrarna

1982 novel

Rosalie

1991 short story collection

Legacy

Swedish novelist and short story writer. Born in South Africa and grew up in Poland. Literary debut in 1970, awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1995.

Trivia

  • Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in Poland.