Hilma Angered Strandberg
Encyclopedia
Elisabet Kristina Hilma Angered Strandberg, born June 10, 1855 in Stockholm
, died January 23, 1927 in Meran, was a Swedish writer. She mostly wrote udner the name Hilma Strandberg of the pseudonym Lilian.
Carl Gustaf beach Berg (1825–1874) and his wife Eva Helleday (1830–1869). She attended an ordinary school in Stockholm, but later took private lessons with EM Rappe in Småland. In 1876 she completed training as a telegraph operator and worked as such from 1883 to 1888 in Fjällbacka. During that time she wrote alleged correspondence to a newspaper at which she was later employed. She married the artist Hjalmar Angered and emigrated with him to the United States, where they lived from 1888 to 1894 and she wrote articles in the form of letters to Swedish newspapers. At the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, she was responsible for presenting a Swedish textile company's work to the world, during which time she continued her work as a newspaper correspondent. From 1904 to 1914 she undertook long study trips to the Switzerland and from Italy, continuing to report back to Swedish newspapers and magazines.
, in his pioneering study of adolescence
, as a parallel to the famously frank (and accusedly egotistic) female writers Marie Bashkirtseff
, Mary MacLane
, and Mathilda Malling
.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, died January 23, 1927 in Meran, was a Swedish writer. She mostly wrote udner the name Hilma Strandberg of the pseudonym Lilian.
Life
She was the daughter of Justice and member of the Swedish AcademySwedish Academy
The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
Carl Gustaf beach Berg (1825–1874) and his wife Eva Helleday (1830–1869). She attended an ordinary school in Stockholm, but later took private lessons with EM Rappe in Småland. In 1876 she completed training as a telegraph operator and worked as such from 1883 to 1888 in Fjällbacka. During that time she wrote alleged correspondence to a newspaper at which she was later employed. She married the artist Hjalmar Angered and emigrated with him to the United States, where they lived from 1888 to 1894 and she wrote articles in the form of letters to Swedish newspapers. At the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, she was responsible for presenting a Swedish textile company's work to the world, during which time she continued her work as a newspaper correspondent. From 1904 to 1914 she undertook long study trips to the Switzerland and from Italy, continuing to report back to Swedish newspapers and magazines.
Books
Her debut book was a collection of poems, published under the pseudonym "Lilian." Under the same pseudonym, she began to write novels which appeared in e.g. the Gothenburg magazine året om Illustrated. This early work was markedly romantic. In her Swedish-American life she found useful themes for some strange, pessimistic colored descriptions as in her works the nya världen (The new world). In her books she criticized double standards and dogmatism, as in the novel På Prairies (The Plains) and in her autobiography Lydia Vik.American Recognition
Strandberg's work was cited by prominent American psychologist G. Stanley HallG. Stanley Hall
Granville Stanley Hall was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory...
, in his pioneering study of adolescence
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
, as a parallel to the famously frank (and accusedly egotistic) female writers Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff was a Ukrainian-born diarist, painter and sculptor....
, Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing...
, and Mathilda Malling
Mathilda Malling
Ingrid Mathilda Malling , was a Swedish novelist born January 20, 1864 on Oskar Farm in southern Sweden and died in 1942...
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Short Stories
- Västerut, 1888
- Från det gamla och nya landet, 1900
- Under söderns sol (Reisenovellen), 1905
- Ödesglimtar, 1905
- Trollmark, 1907
- På bygator och alpvägar (Reisenovellen), 1915
Novels
- Den nya världen 1898
- På prärien, 1899
- Lydia Vik, 1904
- Hemma, 1912
- Barbarens son, 1924
Prizes and Awards
- Grand Prize of the NineSamfundet De NioSamfundet De Nio is a Swedish literary society founded on 14 February 1913 in Stockholm by a testamentary donation from writer Lotten von Kraemer. The society has nine members who are elected for life. Its purpose is to promote Swedish literature, peace and women's issues. It mainly presents a...
1916 - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samfundet_De_Nio