Victoria Benedictsson

Victoria Benedictsson (March 6, 1850 in Domme – July 21, 1888) was a Swedish author. She was born as Victoria Maria Bruzelius in Domme, a village in the province of Skåne. She wrote under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren. Notable works include Pengar (1885) and Fru Marianne (1887).[1]

Victoria Benedictsson
Victoria Benedictsson
BornVictoria Maria Bruzelius
6 March 1850 
Domme
Died23 July 1888  (aged 38)
Copenhagen 
Resting placeVestre Cemetery 
OccupationWriter 
Spouse(s)Christian Benedictsson 

Life

Benedictsson grew up on a farm in Sweden. At 21 she married a 49-year-old widower from Hörby. After an illness left her bed-bound, Benedictsson turned to writing, publishing her first collection of stories, Från Skåne, in 1884.[2] She is, together with August Strindberg, regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style. In her novels she described the inequality of marriage and often debated women's rights issues in her writings. Current critics see her as an early feminist; earlier the focus was on her love affair with Georg Brandes.[3]

She committed suicide in a room in Leopold's Hotel on Hovedvagtsgade – near Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.[4]

References
  1. "Benedictsson, Victoria (pseud. Ernst Ahlgren)". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  2. "Victoria Benedictsson | Swedish author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. "skbl.se – Victoria Maria Benedictsson". skbl.se. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  4. A Brief Biography of Victoria Benedictsson

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