Historical FigureFemale
Birgitta Trotzig
1929 – 2011
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryBirgitta Trotzig was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 11, 1929
Gothenburg
Date of death
May 14, 2011
Lund
Citizenship
Sweden
Occupations & fields
writerliterary criticessayistpoet
Awards & honours
Selma Lagerlöf PrizeDobloug PrizeLitteris et ArtibusAftonbladet Literary AwardAniara AwardSamfundet De Nio's Grand Prize
- Field and occupation
- švédská prozaička
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