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Madeleine Gustafsson

b. 1937

Swedish writer, translator

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About Madeleine Gustafsson

Born 1937. Madeleine Gustafsson is a Swedish translator, literary critic, poet, writer, screenwriter and author.

Dagmar Helena Madeleine Gustafsson (born 2 July 1937) is a Swedish writer, translator and literary critic.

Born in Gothenburg, Gustafsson graduated in philosophy from Uppsala University in 1961. She also has an honorary doctorate from University of Gothenburg. Gustafsson has worked as a literary critic for various newspapers including Dagens Nyheter. Her translations have included works by Marguerite Duras and Marcel Proust. In addition to essay collections, she has also published poetry. In 2013, she was awarded the Swedish Academy's Translation Prize. As a result, she received a European Film Academy award for European Screenwriter of the Year 1990.

Works Utopien och dess skugga: studier i samtida fransk idédebatt (Norstedt, 1978) Med andras ögon: om böcker mest (LiberFörlag, 1978) Solida byggen: poetry (Norstedt, 1979) Vattenväxter: poetry (Norstedt, 1983) Berättelsens röst: från Bernhard till Yourcenar (Norstedt, 1991) Att skriva om böcker (Tegnérsamfundet, 1993) Fång-lada (poesi) (Norstedt, 1993)

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Education
Uppsala University
Employers
Dagens Nyheter
Awards
Dobloug Prize; Swedish Academy translation prize; John Landquist Prize; Tegnérpriset
Also known as
Dagmar Helena Madeleine Gustafsson

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Swedish writer, translator

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Madeleine Gustafsson was born on 2 July 1937 in Gothenburg.

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Madeleine Gustafsson is a translator, literary critic, poet, writer, screenwriter and author.

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Madeleine Gustafsson is Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Madeleine Gustafsson

· Wikidata: Q4951517

· DBpedia: Madeleine Gustafsson (writer)

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