Maja Ekelöf | |
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![]() Maja Ekelöf and
Alva Myrdal | |
Born | Maja Andersson 23 February 1918 |
Died | 29 August 1989 Karlskoga,
Sweden | (aged 71)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | writer |
Maja Ekelöf (23 February 1918 – 29 August 1989) was a Swedish writer.
Ekelöf was a native of Karlskoga, Sweden, and worked as a cleaner. She depicted her work life in her published works. [1]
Ekelöf's "Report from a Scouring-Pale" ( Swedish: Rapport från en skurhink), published in 1970, is one of the most renowned works in the working-class genre. [2]
During the 1970s, she was voted the 2nd most popular woman in Sweden by the Swedish magazine Femina. [3] [4]
After Ekelöf, a square was named in 2019, Maja Ekelöf's Square, in Karlskoga. [5]
Maja Ekelöf | |
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![]() Maja Ekelöf and
Alva Myrdal | |
Born | Maja Andersson 23 February 1918 |
Died | 29 August 1989 Karlskoga,
Sweden | (aged 71)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | writer |
Maja Ekelöf (23 February 1918 – 29 August 1989) was a Swedish writer.
Ekelöf was a native of Karlskoga, Sweden, and worked as a cleaner. She depicted her work life in her published works. [1]
Ekelöf's "Report from a Scouring-Pale" ( Swedish: Rapport från en skurhink), published in 1970, is one of the most renowned works in the working-class genre. [2]
During the 1970s, she was voted the 2nd most popular woman in Sweden by the Swedish magazine Femina. [3] [4]
After Ekelöf, a square was named in 2019, Maja Ekelöf's Square, in Karlskoga. [5]