Ellen mattsson greta garbo biography

  • Ellen Mattson (born 22 September 1962) is a Swedish novelist, playwright and literature critic, and a member of the Swedish Academy.
  • Ellen Mattson was born in Uddevalla in western Sweden in 1962 and still lives in the area.
  • Genom att skildra Greta Garbo genom Vendelas ögon har Ellen Mattson skapat ett nervigt dubbelporträtt av två unga kvinnor.

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    Chair No. 9 - Ellen Mattson

    Author.
    Inducted: 2019.

    Ellen Mattson was born in Uddevalla in western Sweden in 1962 and still lives in the area. She studied literary theory and languages, and piano at the Vadstena adult education college music department. She is also a certified librarian but is currently a full-time author and critic. Mattson has contributed literary criticism to several Swedish newspapers: Göteborgs-Tidningen, Bohusläningen, Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten. She has also been a columnist for Göteborgs-Posten and has written reviews for the Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish Authors’ Fund.

    Mattson has written plays, including the radio play Tidigt på morgonen (“Early in the morning”) in 1999. She adapted Emelie Flygare-Carlén’s “The Rose of Tistelön” (1842) for the regional Bohusläns Teater. Mattson’s own novels, Glädjestranden (“Joy beach”, 2008) and

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    Sven Gustafson: Colorist (USA 2014)

    Author: Derek Reisfield
    Publisher: Illustrata

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    Sven Gustafson: Colorist provides the first comprehensive look at the work of the artwork of Sven Gustafson (1898-1967).

    This richly illustrated book provides a broad survey of the artist's work from every period of his artistic production. Sven Gustafson's paintings are driven bygd color. The influences on his work are outlined in a ground breaking critical essay by Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator Emeritus, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Johnson celebrates Sven Gustafson's mastery of the difficult watercolor medium.

    He notes the impact of Gustafson's studies at The Art Student's League of New York with teachers Hans Hoffman and George Grosz, and contemporaries, such as Milton Avery and Clyfford Still. Johnson also portrays the influence of Gustafson's Parisian teacher, Andre L' hote, and such masters as Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonna

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    Ellen Mattson

    Swedish writer (born 1962)

    For the actor, see Ellen Mattsson.

    Ellen Mattson (born 22 September 1962) is a Swedish novelist, playwright and literature critic, and a member of the Swedish Academy.[1][2]

    Mattson was born in Uddevalla. She studied literature and language, and also piano at a folk high school in Vadstena. She is a trained librarian, but now works as a full time writer and literature critic.[2]

    Mattson debuted as a novelist in 1992. She won a wider audience and critical acclaim with the 1998 novel Resenärerna ("The Travelers"). Several of her works are historical novels, including Vinterträdet ("The Winter Tree", 2012), in which she portray Greta Garbo at the height of her international film career, Snö ("Snow", 2001) and Tornet och fåglarna ("The Tower and the Birds", 2017), which are both set in the early 18th century. Snow, which depict the time after the Swedish army's return from Norway after the death of

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