Anna Helena "Lenah" Maria Elgström, born 29 December 1884 in
Helsingborg, died 23 December 1968 in
Stockholm
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, was a
Swedish
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author.
Life and career
Elgström studied art in Stockholm and
Paris
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and wrote in the Social Democrat until 1948.
She was Catholic and active in the women's and peace movement. She married in 1912 with the theatre director Gustaf Collijn, with whom she had a daughter, Ragnhild, circa 1914.
She debuted as an author in 1911 with the book "''Gäster och främlingar''" (''Guests and Strangers'') which was well received. During the
First World War
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she was active as an anti-war author.
Her most famous work is the "''Den kloka Elsa''" (''The Clever Elsa'') trilogy, which began in 1928, and told the story of the upbringing and development of a young woman by the name of Elsa Holm.
Elgström was one of the founders of
Save the Children
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in 1919. She was the sister of Ossian Elgström and the aunt of Jörgen Elgström.
She was a life-long
catholic
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.
Bibliography
*Gäster och främlingar
ovel
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Mourners
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(Åhlén & Åkerlund, 1911)
*Havsboken (Bonnier, 1912)
*Fattigfolk
ovel
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Mourners
In Judaism, the p ...
(Åhlén & Åkerlund, 1912)
*Stjärnan vars namn är malört: krönikor och berättelser (Bonnier, 1915)
*Den sjunde basunen (Tiden, 1915)
*En dröm (Svenska andelsförlaget, 1916)
*Mödrar
ovel
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Mourners
In Judaism, the p ...
(Bonnier, 1917). 7. uppl. 1938
*Dansk översättning: Mødre (1919)
*Nederländsk översättning: Moeders (1922)
*Den kinesiska muren: Rosika Schwimmers kamp för rätten och hennes krig mot kriget (Anna-Lenah Elgström, Frida Stéenhoff, Elin Wägner, Wilma Glücklich, Ellen Hagen, Mia Leche, Paula Pogany) (Dahlberg, 1917)
*Samtal och brev (Tiden, 1918)
*Martha och Maria
ovel
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Mourners
In Judaism, the p ...
(Bonnier, 1921)
*En romantikers hustru: roman (Åhlén & Åkerlund, 1922)
*Elfenbenstornet och andra reseskisser från Medelhavsländer (Bonnier, 1923)
*Myrstacken: ett vardagsäventyr
omance(Bonnier, 1923)
*Äventyr: noveller (Bonnier, 1926)
*Revolutionsnoveller (Bonnier, 1926)
*U.S.A.: liv och teater (with Gustaf Collijn) (Bonnier, 1927)
*Den kloka Elsa
omance(Bonnier, 1928)
*Elsa och kärleken: far och dotter (Bonnier, 1932)
*Noveller i urval (Bonnier, 1934)
*U. S. A. i örnens tecken (Bonnier, 1934)
*Hollywood inifrån (Åhlén & Åkerlund, 1934)
*Elsa i männens värld (Bonnier, 1936)
*Från år noll till tre: roman (Bonnier, 1938)
*Innan det blir för sent (Bonnier, 1940)
*Italiens elfte timma (Steinsvik, 1943)
*Tidens kvinnor (Steinsvik, 1944)
*De trogna: noveller (Bonnier, 1944)
*Spanien under Francos regim (Utrikespolitiska institutet, 1946)
*Ett fritt hjärta: valda noveller (Norstedt, 1946)
*Den målade öknen (Norstedt, 1948)
References
Further reading
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Swedish women novelists
1884 births
1968 deaths