Hagar Olsson

Alli Hagar Olsson (16 September 1893 21 February 1978) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, literary critic, playwright and translator.[1]

Hagar Olsson.

Olsson was born in Kustavi. In 1922 she edited an avant-garde literary magazine, Ultra.[2] She also contributed to another avant-garde magazine Quosego.[3]

In 1965 she received the Eino Leino Prize.[4] She died, aged 84, in Helsinki.

References

  1. "Olsson, Hagar". The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. Fredrik Hertzberg; Vesa Haapala; Janna Kantola (2012). "The Finland-Swedish Avant-Garde Moments". In Hubert van den Berg; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Vol. 28. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. p. 448. doi:10.1163/9789401208918_031. ISBN 9789401208918.
  3. Stefan Nygård (2012). "The National and the International in Ultra (1922) and Quosego (1928)". In Hubert van den Berg; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Vol. 28. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. p. 341. doi:10.1163/9789401208918_022. ISBN 9789401208918.
  4. Kustantajat.fi Archived 30 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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