Helena Eriksson
Helena Eriksson (born 1962) is a Swedish poet. Her sixth collection of poetry, Strata (2004), was published in English in 2014.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Nyköping, Eriksson was raised in the country. After graduating in philosophy and art at Gothenburg University, she worked as an editor for the cultural journal Ord & Bild. She has also worked as a translator. In 1990, she completed her first lyrical collection Byggnad åt mig (A Building for Me).[1] Her dramatic expressionist poems, written in prose, evoke animal and human worlds which are also depicted in later works.[3] Spott ur en änglamun (Spitting out of an Angel's Mouth, 1993) depicts a strange fairytale world seen through the eyes of little girls in red dresses who meet Bambi and Fox.[4] She frequently introduces allusions to violence, desire and rupture, sometimes emphasized by the sensuous tactile effects of necklaces and clothing, as in Strata.[2] As a literary translator, she has rendered into Swedish classic texts by women writers including Anaïs Nin’s House of Incest, Giannina Braschi’s Empire of Dreams, and Marguerite Duras' Le Navire Night.
Works
- En byggnad åt mig - 1990
- Spott ur en änglamun - 1993
- Mark - 1996
- Tholos - 1998
- Skäran - 2001
- Strata - 2004 (in English 2014)
- De, bara - 2008
- Logiska undersökningar - 2009
- Mellan eller En annan närhet - 2011
- Täthetsteoremet - 2012
Awards
Eriksson has won several awards including the Swedish Radio Poetry Prize (Sveriges Radios Lyrikpris) in 2008 and the Swedish Academy's Dobloug Prize in 2009.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Helena Eriksson" (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlad. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Helena Eriksson - strata". Shearsman Books. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Eriksson, Helena". The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Pontus Dahlman (1998). "Omåttlig och risktagande. Dikterna i Helena Erikssons nya samling hänger fritt som de vassa resterna av en exploderad planet" (in Swedish). DN.se. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Helena Eriksson och Magnus Dahlström får Doblougska priset" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.