About Elsa von Born
Lived 1879 – 1956 (aged 77). Elsa von Born was a Finnish writer.
Elsa Maria von Born, born June 20, 1879, in Storsarvlax, died December 4, 1956, in Helsinki, was a Finland-Swedish author.
Biography Elsa von Born was the second oldest daughter of Viktor Magnus von Born and Hulda Augusta Berndtson, who had seven daughters and two sons. She graduated from the in 1898. Between 1901 and 1924 she was married to Gustav Adolf Silfverhjelm. In the 1920s and 1930s, more precisely from 1927 to 1931, she undertook study trips to Italy, which she made known in Finland through lectures and newspaper articles. The book Italian Impressions (1936) is based on memories from this time.
Elsa von Born's actual debut as a writer occurred in 1931 with the memoir Nio syskon på landet, which depicts Finnish-Swedish manor life.
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Who was Elsa von Born?
Finnish writer
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Elsa von Born was born on 20 June 1879 in Pernå.
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Elsa von Born died on 4 December 1956 in Helsinki.
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Elsa von Born was a writer.
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Elsa von Born was Finnish.
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