Carina Burman (born 1960) is a Swedish novelist and literature scholar. Her research has been focused on Swedish 18th and 19th century literature. She completed her Ph.D. in literature in

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in 1988 with a dissertation on the Gustavian writer

Johan Henric Kellgren Johan Henrik Kellgren (1 December 1751 – 20 April 1795) was a Swedish poet and critic. Biography He was born at Floby in Västergötland (now part of Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County). He studied at the Royal Academy of Turku, ...

. Later production includes a critical edition of previously unpublished letters of the novelist and feminist pioneer

Fredrika Bremer Fredrika Bremer (17 August 1801 – 31 December 1865) was a Finnish-born Swedish writer and feminist reformer. Her ''Sketches of Everyday Life'' were wildly popular in Britain and the United States during the 1840s and 1850s and she is re ...

in two volumes (1996) and a biography of Bremer (2001). Together with her husband, Professor Lars Burman, she has published critical editions on behalf of the

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of the works of

(1995), Fredrika Bremer's "Livet i gamla världen. Palestina" (1995) and the poetic works of

Erik Gustaf Geijer Erik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. He was an influential a ...

(1999). Carina and Lars Burman have also edited Bremer's "Grannarne" for the series of Swedish literature published by

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(2000). Burman's novels have historical motifs, often taking the form of a

pastiches A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it ...

. Her first, "Min salig bror Jean Hendrich" (1993) deals with Johan Henric Kellgren from the point of view of his brother and his mistress in a series of letters. Her latest two novels, "Babylons gator" (2004) and "Vit som marmor" (2006) have the form of detective novels. "Babylons gator: Ett Londonmysterum" (The Streets of Babylon: A London Mystery), which borrows from English novels of the Victorian period, has Euthanasia Bondeson, a Swedish woman novelist-amateur sleuth visiting London, as its main character. In "Vit som marmor" (White as marble), Euthanasia Bondeson travels to Rome and solves a murder mystery in the Scandinavian artist colony.

Publications

Monographs

* ''Vältalaren Johan Henric Kellgren'', Skrifter utgivna av Avdelningen för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen i Uppsala, 23 (dissertation, Uppsala, 1988) * ''Mamsellen och förläggarna. Fredrika Bremers förlagskontakter 1828-1865'', Litteratur och samhälle 30:1, Avd. för litteratursociologi, Uppsala Universitet, 1995. * ''Bremer. En biografi'' (Stockholm, 2001) * ''Den finländska Sapfo. Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarcks liv och verk'' (Uppsala, 2004) *
Dubbelt öl ger gott humör
' (Uppsala University Library, 2015) * '' Bellman. Biografin'' (Stockholm, 2019) on the life of the poet and performer

Carl Michael Bellman Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...

Critical editions

* Fredrika Bremer, Grannarne, utgiven med inledning och kommentarer av Carina och Lars Burman. Svenska Författare. Ny serie. Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (Stockholm, 2000). * Erik Gustaf Geijer, Dikter, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Torgny Segerstedt. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1999). * Fredrika Bremer, Brev. Ny följd I-II. Tidigare ej samlade och tryckta brev utgivna av Carina Burman (Gidlunds förlag, Hedemora, 1996) * Fredrika Bremer, Livet i gamla världen. Palestina, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Knut Ahnlund. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1995). * Johan Henric Kellgren, Skrifter I-II, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Torgny Segerstedt. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1995).

Novels

* ''Min salig bror Jean Hendrich'' (1993) * ''Den tionde sånggudinnan'' (1996) * ''Cromwells huvud'' (1998) * ''Islandet'' (2001) * ''Babylons gator'' (2004) * ''Vit som marmor'' (2006) * ''Hästen från Porten'' (2008) * ''Kärleksroman'' (2009) * ''God natt, madame'' (2021)

Awards and distinctions

* 2001 – Lundequist bookshop's literature prize * 2002 – Tegnér prize * 2007 – Lotten von Kraemer's prize * 2008 – Birger Schöldström's prize * 2015 – Eric och Ingrid Lilliehöök's stipend * 2017 – Disa prize

Footnotes

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20061112102542/http://www.littvet.uu.se/carina_burman.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Burman, Carina 1960 births 20th-century Swedish novelists Swedish historical novelists Living people Swedish women novelists Women historical novelists 21st-century Swedish novelists 21st-century Swedish women writers 20th-century Swedish women writers