Elin Wägner
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Elin Matilda Elisabet Wägner (May 16, 1882 – January 7, 1949) was a Swedish writer, journalist, feminist-pioneer, teacher, ecologist and pacifist.
Born in Lund, Sweden as the daughter of a school principal. Wägner's mother passed away when Wägner was 3 years old. Elin Wägner's books and articles focus on the subjects of womens emancipation, citizen rights, votes for women, peace matters, social welfare and environmental pollution.
Most famous for her commitment to Votes for Women movement in Sweden, for founding the Swedish organization Rädda Barnen (The Swedish Section of the International Save the Children Alliance) and for developing the womens citizen school at Fogelstad (where Wägner also was a teacher on citizen rights).
Alongside Fredrika Bremer Wägner is often seen as the most important and influencial feminist pioneer in Sweden.
Wägner was incredibly productive and aside from her novels and debating articles in various daily news papers she also wrote screenplays for a number of films. Among Elin Wägner's most popular and still read novels today are Norrtullsligan ("Men and Other Misfortunes"; 1908), Pennskaftet ("The Penholder"; 1910), Åsa-Hanna (1918), Kvarteret Oron ("Stormy Corner"; 1919), Silverforsen ("The Silver Rapids"; 1924), Vändkorset ("The Turnstile"; 1934), Väckarklocka ("Alarm Clock"; 1941) and Vinden vände bladen ("The Wind Turned The Pages"; 1947).
Elin Wägner has recently been translated into English with the book titled Stockholm Stories that contains two of her most witty novels: Men and Other Misfortunes and Stormy Corner (ISBN: 1-4010-4179-5; Trade Paperback - ISBN: 1-4010-4180-9; Hardback), Xlibris, 2002. Many of her books have before that already been translated into French, German, Dutch and Russian.
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- Från det jordiska museet (1907)
- Norrtullsligan (1908) - "Men and Other Misfortunes"
- Pennskaftet (1910) - "The Penholder"
- Helga Wisbeck (1913)
- Mannen och körsbären (1914) - "The Man and the Cherries"
- Camillas äktenskap (1915) - "Camilla's Marriage"
- Släkten Jerneploogs framgång (1916)
- Åsa-Hanna (1918)
- Kvarteret Oron (1919) - "Stormy Corner"
- Den befriade kärleken (1919) - "The Liberated Love"
- Den förödda vingården (1920)
- Nyckelknippan (1921) - "The Bunch of Keys"
- Den namnlösa (1922) - "The Nameless"
- Från Seine, Rhen och Ruhr (1923)
- Silverforsen (1924) - "The Silver Rapids"
- Natten till söndag (1926)
- De fem pärlorna (1927)
- Den odödliga gärningen (1928)
- Svalorna flyga högt (1929)
- Korpungen och jag (1930)
- Gammalrödja (1931)
- Dialogen fortsätter (1932) - "The Dialogue Continues"
- Mannen vid min sida (1933) - "The Man by my Side"
- Vändkorset (1934) - "The Turnstile"
- Genomskådad (1937) - "Unmasked"
- Hemlighetsfull (1938) - "Mysterious"
- Tusen år i Småland (1939) - "Thousand Years in Småland"
- Fred med jorden (1940) - "At Peace with Earth"
- Väckarklocka (1941) - "Alarm Clock"
- Selma Lagerlöf I (1942)
- Selma Lagerlöf II (1943)
- Hans Larsson (1944)
- Vinden vände bladen (1947) - "The Wind Turned The Pages"
- Spinnerskan (1948)
- Fredrika Bremer (1949)
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