Victoria Benedictsson

Victoria Maria Benedictsson, born Bruzelius ( born March 6, 1850, the Good Domme ( Scania), † June 21, 1888 in Copenhagen) was a Swedish writer.

Life

Benedictsson came from a conservative pastor's family, which she forced into a marriage of convenience. Although she had dreamed of a career as an artist, she has married more than twice as old, unloved man to whom she gave two children and also took care of conscientiously house and education in southern Sweden Hörby. After a lengthy leg disease that tied her to the bed and her time for their studies had, as well as under the influence of a free-spirited American who was an acquaintance of the family, she gradually dissolved from their traditional conservative views.

The first publications were published under the pseudonym Tardif and were completely under the influence of Axel Lundegård, the son of the pastor of Hörby. With her collection of short stories from Skåne, which appeared under the name Ernst Ahlgren, she celebrated his first major literary success. This was followed by the Roman money, the largely autobiographical, did address the problem of the modern woman, the gender issue and the emancipation, and their biggest success was. 1885 she met in Copenhagen the then admired Georg Brandes and know his circle. She held after several months in Stockholm, where she became acquainted with the writers of "Young Sweden " and made ​​a name in the local literary salons.

In 1886, she returned to Copenhagen, where she fell in love with the admired scholar Georg Brandes. However, it was only used by the married man. She published the novel Marianne, in which it came to marital problems again. When it was judged very negatively by Brandes, Benedictsson fell into a deep crisis. After severe depression, they attempted a first suicide attempt in January, 1888. Axel Lundegaard, their promoters could set it up again briefly. She received a scholarship from the Swedish Academy and was able to drive for some time to Paris. But when they saw no more literary goal in mind and also could not get rid of her unrequited love for fire, she took in June 1888 in a Copenhagen hotel life.

Axel Lundegaard issued its estate, published a seven -volume work output and wrote a biography of the writer. Victoria Benedictsson is generally regarded as the most important writer of the Swedish Modern by August Strindberg. Your life as a woman in a time of upheaval was repeated the interest of scientists, journalists and women's studies. In German-speaking her work has so far received little attention, there are very few translations.

Works

• Från Skåne, short stories 1884
• Pengar, Roman 1885 (German money, 1890)
• Money: Roman, train: Achius, 2003, ISBN 3-905351-03- X
• Final, drama 1885
• Fru Marianne, Roman 1886 (German wife, Marianne, 1897), adaptation Sweden 2000 ( TV)
• Folklif och smaberättelser, stories 1887
• Teorier, comedy 1887
• Dikter, 1888
• The bergtagna, drama 1888
• Modern, Roman,
• Samlade Skrifter av Ernst Ahlgren, Works, 7 vols, 1918-20
• From the darkness, narrative, dt 1911
• Cedergren supped today. A picture from the Swedish student life, dt 1912
• Mr. Tobiasson. A Stockholm Christmas story, dt 1912
• After the market days and fine people. Two stories, 1913
• Comrades, narrative, dt 1924
• Criminal blood, narrative, dt 1998