Majgull Axelsson

Majgull Axelsson ( born February 14, 1947 in Landskrona as Majgull Andersson ) is a Swedish writer and journalist.

Life

Axelsson grew up in Nässjö. After training as a journalist, she worked in this profession mainly on areas of trade policy and labor market. During this time she was closely associated with the parent organization of the Swedish Trade Unions ( LO). She was also secretary for public relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and editor of the newspaper Beklädnadsfolket. Her first works were non-fiction and negotiated both problems with child prostitution and street children in the Third World as well as poverty in Sweden. Våra minsta bröder ( German: Our youngest brothers ) in 1986 and treated child labor appeared at that time. Three years later, the documentary novel Rosario appeared history, depicts child prostitution in the Philippines. In 1991, the reportage book Dom dödar oss was ( German: They kill us ) about street children in Latin America published. Axelsson 1994 debuted with the prose, the same sky that caused great attention. In som inte har Och dom ( German: And those who have nothing ) they looked at the problems of unemployment and poverty in Sweden. In the fall of 1997, the novel was published in The April Witch, with whom she had her big break in both the critics and the general public. The rights to the book were sold in 23 countries, including the USA, Australia, Germany, France and other European countries. Also Augusta's house and the same sky have been translated into several languages. Your last time being the German translated novel ice and water, water and ice appeared in 2008.

In September 2002, Axelsson made ​​his debut as a playwright at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm with Lisa Louise. This piece, in which she deals with the problem of wife abuse by men, was also performed at the state theaters of Västerås and Helsingborg and stood in the repertoires of several Finnish theater.

Axelsson currently resides on Lidingö in Stockholm. She is married to Jan Axelsson and has two sons.

Works

  • Asia i Deras ögon (1978 )
  • Våra minsta bröder (1986 )
  • Rosario's story ( swedish Rosario är död ) ( 1989), ISBN 978-3442727476
  • Dom dödar oss (1991 )
  • Svenska beklädnadsarbetareförbundet 1950-1971, (1991 )
  • Sko -och läderarbetareförbundet 1948-1971, (1991 )
  • Svenska textilarbetareförbundet 1949-1971, (1991 )
  • Med i facket (1992 )
  • Orättvisans ansikten (1992)
  • The same sky ( swedish reached borta från Nifelheim ) ( 1994), ISBN 978-3442734085
  • Vad hander med Barney? (1994)
  • Och som inte har dom ... (1996 )
  • The April Witch ( swedish Aprilhäxan ) (1997 ), ISBN 978-3442724727
  • Augusta House ( swedish Slumpvandring ) (2000 ), ISBN 978-3442731305
  • En stad av slott (2002)
  • I was never ( schwed. the jag aldrig var) (2004), ISBN 978-3442739950
  • Ice and water, water and ice ( swedish Is vatten och, och is vatten ) (2008 ), ISBN 978-3570100417
  • Moder Passion ( 2011)

Prizes and awards

  • Moa Martinson Scholarship 1995
  • August Prize 1997 ( for The April Witch )
  • BMF badge of the Swedish book trade association using 1997 ( for The April Witch )
  • Culture Fellowship of the Industrial Union 1998
  • Price writers of the year the union SKFT 2000
  • Price Book of the Year of the Månadens bok publisher 2004
  • Hedenvind Plaque 2006
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