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Moa Martinson
Moa Martinson was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal development of women. Her works were about motherhood, love, poverty, politics, religion, urbanization and the hard living conditions of the working-class woman.
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culture · Swedish writer (1890–1964) · writer · journalist · also Moa Martinson, Helga Maria Swarts, Helga Maria Swartz, Helga Maria Schwartz, Martinson
Born 2 November 1890 · Died 4 August 1964 · Q275893
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2025· 1 entry
1989· 1 entry
A literary award named after Martinson was instituted by the Workers' Educational Association (Arbetarnas bildningsförbund, ABF) and the Moa Martinson Society
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1964· 1 entry
Died 1964-08-04.
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize (1944).
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1937· 1 entry
Decided to leave the Bonnier publishing company
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1933· 1 entry
And the author was named as "Moa Martinson"
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1932· 1 entry
Martinson sent a draft called En man byggde ("A man built") to publisher Tor Bonnier
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1927· 1 entry
Her work was published in Templar-kuriren ("The Templars Courier"), Arbetaren and Nynäshamns-posten ("The Nynäshamn Post")
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1925· 1 entry
Worked for a new magazine called Vi kvinnor ("We women"), where she contributed with articles, novels and causeries
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1924· 1 entry
When she wrote that women and men should receive equal pay for equal work
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1923· 1 entry
Had articles published weekly in Arbetaren
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1921· 1 entry
When unemployment in Sweden was higher than ever before, and in 1922 she and Johansson joined the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden where Martinson became very active
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1911· 1 entry
Their second son Tore was born, followed by three more sons: Erik in 1913, Manfred in 1914 and Knut in 1916
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1910· 2 entries
Her first son Olof was born, and in 1922 she and Johansson were married
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When she worked as a pantry chef at the Elfkarleö Hotel, south of Gävle
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1906· 1 entry
Martinson moved to Stockholm in the hope of getting a job, but this turned out to be harder than she expected
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1905· 1 entry
In Risinge Church, Finspång Municipality, after which she got her first job at a farm in Vikbolandet
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1892· 1 entry
Her grandfather became ill and died and her grandmother could no longer take care of Martinson so she went to live with her mother
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1890· 1 entry
Born 1890-11-02.
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