Hagar Olsson

Hagar Olsson ( born September 16, 1893 in Kustavi, † February 21, 1978 in Helsinki) was a Finland-Swedish literary critic, translator and writer who is assigned to the Finland-Swedish modernism.

Life and work

Olsson was the daughter of a clergyman. She grew up in the province of Åland, Turku and in Karelia, where they visited a school in Viipuri. She then studied at Helsingfors literature and worked as literary critic for a Swedish -language newspaper. They also translated works of Finnish writers such as L. Onerva, Juhani Aho and John Linnankoski into Swedish. Her first novel, Lars Thorman och Döden (Lars Thorman and death ) was published in 1916.

From 1918 onwards, a deep friendship between Hagar Olsson and Edith Södergran developed. This year Söder Grans book of poems was published Rosenaltaret and panned by most critics, been defended by Olsson, however.

1922 founded Olsson together with Elmer Diktonius the literary magazine Ultra, 1928 Quosego. In addition, she was an editor of the journal Tulenkantajat. Your 1925 published collection of essays, Ny generation became the manifesto of the Finland-Swedish modernism.

As Olsson's most important works, the novels Mr Jeremiah söker s illusion and Chitambo, the autobiographical elements are having. Furthermore Olsson wrote expressionist dramas.

Honors

Works

Novels

  • Lars Thorman och Döden (1916 )
  • Kvinnan och Naden (1919)
  • Mr. Jeremiah söker s illusion (1927 )
  • På Canaan Expressen (1929 )
  • Det Blaser upp till storm (1930 )
  • Chitambo (1933 )
  • Träsnidaren och Döden (1940 )

Short prose

  • Själarnas ansikten (1917 )
  • Kinesisk utflykt (1949 )
  • Hemkomst (1961)
  • Drömmar (1966)
  • Ridturen (1968)

Essays

  • Ny generation (1925 )
  • Arbetare i natten (1935 )
  • Hurskaat herjaajat (1946 )
  • Jag Lever (1948 )
  • Tidiga fanfarer och annan dagskritik (1953 )
  • Möte med kara gestalter (1963 )

Dramas

  • Hjärtats pantomim (1927 )
  • SOS ( 1928)
  • Det Blaser upp till storm (1930 )
  • Det blaa undret (1932 )
  • Lumisota (1939 )
  • Rövaren och Maiden (1944 )
  • Kärlekens död (1952 )
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