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

Biography

Born in

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, she has worked as a reporter for ''

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'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

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in 1958 and received a Master of Philosophy in 1961. Tikkanen was married to writer Henrik Tikkanen. A film based on her book '' Manrape'' (''Män kan inte våldtas'', "Men Can't Be Raped"), directed by

Jörn Donner Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a cinema of Finland, Finnish writer, film director, actor, film producer, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. He produced Ingmar Bergman's film ''Fanny and Alexan ...

, was released in 1978.

Bibliography

*nu imorron (1970) *Ingenmansland (1972) *Vem bryr sig om Doris Mihailov (1974) * Män kan inte våldtas (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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