Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer.

Biography

Born in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

, she has worked as a reporter for ''

Hufvudstadsbladet ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' (abbr. ''Hbl'') is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Journal of the Capi ...

'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...

in 1958 and received a Master of Philosophy in 1961. Tikkanen was married to writer Henrik Tikkanen. A film based on her book ''

Manrape ''Manrape'' ( sv, Män kan inte våldtas, ) is a 1975 novel by Märta Tikkanen. The book launched Tikkanen's career and placed her in the centre of an ongoing debate about gender roles in the Nordic countries. The book was made into the 1978 fi ...

'' (''Män kan inte våldtas'', "Men Can't Be Raped"), directed by

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, was released in 1978.

Bibliography

*nu imorron (1970) *Ingenmansland (1972) *Vem bryr sig om Doris Mihailov (1974) *

Män kan inte våldtas ''Manrape'' ( sv, Män kan inte våldtas, ) is a 1975 novel by Märta Tikkanen. The book launched Tikkanen's career and placed her in the centre of an ongoing debate about gender roles in the Nordic countries. The book was made into the 1978 fi ...

(1975) *Århundradets kärlekssaga (1978) *Mörkret som ger glädjen djup (1981) *Sofias egen bok (1982) *Rödluvan (1986) *Storfångaren (1989) *Arnaía kastad i havet (1992) *Bryta mot lagen (1992) *Personliga angelägenheter (1996) *Sofia vuxen med sitt MBD (1998) *Två (2004) *Emma & Uno - visst var det kärlek (2010)

Prizes

*Nordic Women's Alternative Literature Prize (1979) *Finnish Bookseller's Thank You For the Book Prize (1979) *Finland's State Prize for the Dissemination of Knowledge (1983) *Swedish literary De Nios Grand Prize (1999) *Swedish Academy's Finland Prize (2002) *Finland's State Literary Prize (2011)

References

Biography
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