Merete Mazzarella

Merete Mazzarella (born February 4, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Finland-Swedish prize-winning author and literature researcher.

Early life Mazzarella's mother was Danish, and her father was a Finnish ambassador. Her father's mother tongue was Finnish, but they spoke Swedish at home for practical reasons. Mazzarella learnt about Finland-Swedish culture through literature.

Mazzarella attended school at the Swedish-language school Svenska fruntimmersskolan in Helsinki and graduated in 1962. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 from the University of Helsinki and a Licentiate degree in 1977.

Career From 1973 to 1995, Mazzarella worked as a lecturer in Finland-Swedish literature at Helsinki University. She completed her doctorate degree in 1981, on the subject of Swedish Nobel laureate Eyvind Johnson. Mazzarella held a temporary professorship in Nordic literature at Helsinki University from 1995 to 1998 and was appointed as a permanent professor from 1998 to 2008. They reside in Ekenäs (Swedish) / Tammisaari (Finnish), a town in the south of Finland.