Anna Wahlenberg
Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg(-Kjerrman) | |
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| Born | 28 May 1858 Stockholm |
| Died | 29 November 1933 (aged 75) Solna |
| Pen name | Rien |
| Occupation | writer, playwright |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | novels, fairy tails, plays |
| Spouse | Fritz Josef Kjerrman |
Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg (23 May 1858 – 29 November 1933) was a Swedish writer and playwright.
Life
[edit]Anna Wahlenberg was born on 23 May 1858 in Stockholm.[1] For nine years, she lived on the old farm in Kungsholmen where her father had a candle factory.[2] Wahlenberg attended Pauli girls’ school and the Wallin school.[1]
In 1882, she debuted with her first collection of short stories Teckningar i sanden (Drawings in the Sand) under the pseudonym Rien (from Swedish 'nothing').[3] In 1886, Wahlenberg wrote her second book and a first novel Små själar (Small Souls).[4] The novel deals with failings in women's education and promotes financial independence for women.[1] She wrote two more collections of short stories, Hos grannas (1887) and I hvardagslag (1889), dedicated to a young woman's fight for financial independence.[3]
In 1888, Wahlenberg married Fritz Kjerrman, editor of the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, with whom she had two sons.[3][5]
In 1890, she deputed as a playwright with a comedy called På vakt followed by a prolific output of plays for amateurs and children as well as for professional actors that were frequently staged at the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Royal Dramatic Theatre) in Stockholm.[1]
In 1895, Wahlenberg wrote her first art fairy tale collection Bengt's tales about kings, elves, trolls and princesses.[2] She wrote over 200 fairy tales, dedicating some of them to her sons.[1] In her fairy tales, Wahlenberg combined traditional fairy tale enchantment and magic with everyday problems and events.[2] In 1899, she became the first to translate A Thousand and One Nights into Swedish.[4]
Wahlenberg lived all her life in Stockholm and moved in with her sister after her husband's death in 1896.[1]
Anna Wahlenberg died on 29 November 1933 and is buried at Norra cemetery in Solna.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- En mesallians
- Kungens nattmössa
- Länge, länge, sedan . . . Sagor
- Löndörren
- Pappas kria
- På vakt
- Sagoteatern
- Stackars flicka
- Två valspråk[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Anna Maria Lovisa Wahlenberg at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon, retrieved 2020-09-11
- ^ a b c "Atrium Förlag - Anna Wahlenberg". www.atriumforlag.se. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ a b c "Wahlenberg, Anna". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ a b "Litteraturbanken | Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub". litteraturbanken.se. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ SVENSKT FÖRFATTARLEXIKON 1900—1940. SVENSKT FÖRFATTARLEXIKONS FÖRLAG RABÉN & SJÖGREN. 1942. p. 851.
- ^ "Wahlenberg, Anna (Nordic Authors)". runeberg.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
